United States v. Trumblay

SWYGERT, Chief Judge.

The petitioner is incarcerated in the Federal Prison in Alcatraz, California, serving a thirty-year sentence for bank robbery and for armed assault in the commission thereof. He filed pro se a petition to vacate the sentence. Pursuant to an order of the court, the Government filed a response. Thereafter, two members of the Hammond Bar, George B. Hoffman, Jr., and Paul B. Huebner, were appointed to represent the petitioner. The petition was heard on February 6, 1956.

The petitioner bases his right to relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 on three grounds. These grounds will be…