Billy Joe Stout v. United States

CELEBREZZE, Circuit Judge.

This is a direct appeal from the District Court’s dismissal of Appellant’s motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (1971), challenging the validity of his conviction of three counts of attempted bank extortion under 18 U.S.C. § 1951 (1970).

Appellant’s trial began October 5, 1972. On October 6, 1972, Appellant withdrew his not-guilty plea and entered a plea of guilty on all three counts of the indictment. The District Court, after thoroughly questioning Appellant as to the plea’s voluntariness, accepted it and sentenced him on November 27, 1972, to three years’ confinement on…