Robert Baragas Barrett v. United States

Appellant was convicted of robbery in ■ Georgia and sentenced to the federal penitentiary. A petition to the sentencing • court for relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 was denied and a petition to appeal in forma pauperis was also denied. The trial court denied petitioner’s application for a writ of habeas corpus on the ground that the relief afforded under § 2255 was not shown to be inadequate or ineffective and was, therefore, his exclusive remedy.

While the petitioner here alleges -that his remedy under § 2255 was inadequate and ineffective, the record shows that all the asserted grounds for…