Hall v. United States, 16031.
Decision Date | 12 November 1958 |
Docket Number | No. 16031.,16031. |
Citation | 259 F.2d 430 |
Parties | John HALL, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee. |
Court | U.S. Court of Appeals — Eighth Circuit |
John Hall pro se.
Harry Richards, U.S. Atty., and John A. Newton, Asst. U.S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo., for appellee.
Before SANBORN, WOODROUGH and VOGEL, Circuit Judges.
This appeal is taken to reverse a judgment which denied a motion to vacate or correct a sentence of imprisonment for twenty-five years imposed upon appellant on October 22nd, 1954, when he pleaded guilty to armed robbery of a Federal Savings and Loan Association in which the life of the President of the Association was put in jeopardy by the use of a dangerous weapon, all in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 2113(a) and (d).
The sentence was imposed by the late Judge Hulen and the motion to vacate or correct it was presented to Judge Weber. Judge Weber properly treated the motion as coming under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255, considered it upon a review of the record of the case, and made complete findings and conclusions which have been brought here with the order denying the motion.
It is stated in the brief filed by appellant in this Court that .
That section of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure provides that an arrested person shall be taken before the nearest available commissioner or before any other nearby officer empowered to commit persons charged with offenses against the laws of the United States "without unnecessary delay". Appellant's allegations in his motion, that his "constitutional rights were violated" and "the sentence was imposed in violation of the Constitution and laws of the United States", were related to alleged violations of those provisions of the Rule. The allegations of fact in the motion were as follows:
The record disclosed and the court found that when the appellant appeared before the court below, two attorneys were appointed for him. Thereafter he was present in court with his couns...
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