Bert L. Scott v. United States

This appeal concerns motions filed by appellant under Title 28 U.S.C. § 2255, to vacate two sentences totaling thirty years of imprisonment. The motions were denied without hearing by the United States District Judge who had administered the sentences.

Petitioner alleges that his pleas of guilty to the two indictments for bank robbery were induced by a promise of a sentence of no more than ten years for three such offenses. He claims the promise was made by a Mississippi sheriff— now deceased — in the presence of and with the acquiescence of several federal officers.

Although his original…