Legal Opinion
United States v. Robert Gilbert Burroughs
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 13, 1981No. 80-7633PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Per curiam
Robert Gilbert Burroughs appeals from the denial of his motion to vacate his sentence filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (1971) on June 13,1980. The district judge denied the motion without hearing and without requiring a response from the United States, because the files and records of the court conclusively established that Burroughs was not entitled to relief.
Burroughs and two other persons, Kim Rogers and Robert Lee Trammell, were charged in a one-count indictment with bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a), (d) (1970). The bill did not include a conspiracy count. At…
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