United States v. Bobby Gene Rantz

ALDON J. ANDERSON, Senior District Judge.

This appeal is from the denial of a motion to vacate sentence pursuant to 28 U.S. C. § 2255. The sentence resulted from petitioner’s conviction of conspiracy to defraud the government by filing fraudulent income tax returns. He challenges the denial on the grounds that he was denied effective assistance of counsel and that the trial court erred with respect to various aspects of the trial and use of the presen-tence report.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

While in prison on other charges, the petitioner, Bobby Gene Rantz, along with three other defendants, was…