Catalano v. United States

BRUCHHAUSEN, Chief Judge.

The defendant, now in custody, moves this Court under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 for an order, vacating the judgment of conviction herein.

On August 11,1955, the defendant was convicted by a jury of the crime of armed bank robbery, after a trial lasting several weeks. Shortly thereafter he was sentenced to imprisonment for a term of twenty-five years.

The defendant contends that he was not given a fair trial and requests a hearing.

The basis of this application, as set forth in his affidavit, is an alleged conversation he had in June 1956 with an unidentified Deputy United…