Lester Ray Walker v. United States

Appellant in this case filed a petition to attack a 16-year bank robbery sentence entered on a plea of guilty because he now claims the plea was involuntary. His petition asserted that he had been subjected to an illegal search and sei-2;ure, had been denied counsel during police questioning, and had inadequate representation at arraignment and plea.

The District Judge who denied this petition without conducting an eviden-tiary hearing on petitioner’s allegations was also the District Judge who had taken the plea and sentenced appellant. In denying the petition the District Judge said in part:

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