James Joseph O'Brien v. United States

Third Circuit

James Joseph O'Brien v. United States

377 F.2d 541, 1967 U.S. App. LEXIS 6676

CourtCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit

DecidedApril 19, 1967

Docket16281_1

StatusPublished

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James Joseph O'Brien v. United States, 377 F.2d 541, 1967 U.S. App. LEXIS 6676 (3d Cir. 1967).

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Opinion

OPINION OF THE COURT

Before HASTIE and SEITZ, Circuit Judges, and BODY, District Judge.

PER CURIAM:

This proceeding under section 2255 of title 28, United States Code, seeking a vacation of sentence and a withdrawal of plea, was instituted by a prisoner who, on his plea of guilty, had been convicted of armed robbery.

The court below conducted a full hearing at which much evidence was introduced concerning all of the contentions advanced by the petitioner in an effort to invalidate his guilty plea. Thereafter, the court made detailed findings contrary to the prisoner’s allegations on all of the significant factual issues that were in dispute. The record adequately supported the court’s findings which, in turn, justified the denial of relief.

Judge Seitz would postpone decision on this appeal until the Supreme Court shall have acted in a proceeding instituted by the present petitioner to compel us to appoint counsel for him on this appeal.

The judgment will be affirmed.

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