United States v. Jenkins

YOUNGDAHL, District Judge.

Petitioner moved on February 9, 1957, under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to vacate and set aside the judgment and sentence which convicted him of forging and uttering a government check. Petitioner alleged that he was in fact not guilty but pleaded guilty because “the attorney encouraged, induced, me to plead guilty to a crime I didn’t commit with the understanding by the attorney and the judge that I wouldn’t get much time.” He was “reluctant to accept counsel’s advice notwithstanding the promise that my wife would be exculpated of the charge.”

This Court denied the motion on…