Kenneth Glen Wells v. United States

On the basis of findings and recommendations of the United States magistrate, the district court denied Wells’s motion to vacate judgment and sentence, 28 U.S.C. § 2255, and he appeals.

In 1957, Wells was charged with two counts of robbing another of property belonging to the United States, to which he entered a plea of guilty, and upon which he was sentenced to serve ten years. 1 Wells unsuccessfully sought to have the district court set aside his judgment of conviction and sentence on the ground that his trial court failed to comply with Rule 11, F.R.Cr.P., in its acceptance of the guilty…