Legal Opinion
Tisnado v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 3, 1976No. 75-1066PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHOY, Circuit Judge:
In 1967, Tisnado entered guilty pleas to two counts of conspiracy, 18 U.S.C. § 371, arising out of two bank robberies. He was sentenced to two consecutive five-year terms, the federal sentences to commence at the termination of state sentences then in effect.
In 1974, Tisnado brought a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 challenge against the federal sentences, alleging that the two prior state convictions (one in 1967 and the other in 1954) were illegal, that it was therefore improper for the sentencing court to have considered them, and that such improper consideration had resulted in…
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