Ernest Richard Speed and Dwight Arnold Camp v. United States

LAY, Circuit Judge.

Petitioners Speed and Camp sought habeas relief from sentences imposed upon their pleas of guilty to a charge of aggravated robbery of a post office in violation of 18 .U.S.C. § 2114. The district court, the Honorable Paul X. Williams presiding, denied relief. We affirm.

The charge against petitioners stemmed from the armed robbery of a post office located in a general store in Lanesburg, Arkansas, on February 21, 1973. During the robbery money was taken from the store’s register, the owner’s person and the post office cash box under, threat of harm to the owner and his…