Edward L. Young v. United States

OPINION OF THE COURT

This is an appeal from an Order of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, denying without a hearing appellant Young’s motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to vacate or set aside his sentence.

Young and a co-defendant, Charles Ptomey, entered pleas of guilty to a federal bank robbery indictment on October 1, 1964. Prior to sentence they made two attempts to withdraw their pleas. Both were denied by the District Court after hearing. In denying the second motion, the District Court found that the guilty pleas of Young and Ptomey were “entered…