Legal Opinion
United States of America, Plaintiff-Respondent v. Albert James Tweedy, Jr., Defendant-Petitioner
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 8, 1969No. 23041_1PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUNIWAY, Circuit Judge.
In 1964, Tweedy pled guilty to a charge of bank robbery, 18 U.S.C. § 2113 (a) and (d). He was sentenced to imprisonment for 15 years. In 1967, he filed a motion to set aside his conviction under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. The motion was denied without a hearing, and he appeals.
1. Was a hearing required?
Tweedy asserts that his plea was induced by the promise of an F.B.I. agent that, if he pled guilty, he would be sentenced to a term of not more than five years. He also says that nobody advised him of the allowable range of punishment, up to 25 years imprisonment.
Normally, an…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- MacHibroda v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Walker v. JohnstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Halliday v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Anthony Joseph Munich v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1964
- George Richard Heiden, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1965
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3Cited by23 opinions
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- Guenter H. Schoeller v. Walter Dunbar, Director, California Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1970
- Harris v. MarshDistrict Court, E.D. North Carolina · 1987
- Donald James Schnepp v. Carl Hocker, Warden, Nevada State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1970
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