McKinney v. United States, No. 25677.
| Court | United States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals (5th Circuit) |
| Writing for the Court | BELL and MORGAN, Circuit , and GUINN |
| Citation | 403 F.2d 57 |
| Docket Number | No. 25677. |
| Decision Date | 05 November 1968 |
| Parties | Jessey Kenneth McKINNEY, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee. |
403 F.2d 57 (1968)
Jessey Kenneth McKINNEY, Appellant,
v.
UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.
No. 25677.
United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.
November 5, 1968.
Bruce R. Jacob, Thomas E. Baynes, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., for appellant.
Jacob Bumstead, Charles K. Ruth, Asst. U. S. Attys., Beaumont, Tex., Wm. Wayne Justice, U. S. Atty., Eastern Dist. of Texas, Tyler, Tex., Richard Brooks Hardee, U. S. Atty., Eastern Dist. of Texas, Tyler, Tex., for appellee.
Before BELL and MORGAN, Circuit Judges, and GUINN, District Judge.
GRIFFIN B. BELL, Circuit Judge:
This appeal arises from a denial of a motion under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 to vacate a sentence of 20 years received upon conviction of 18 U.S.C.A. § 2113(a): unlawfully entering a bank with intent to commit larceny. In his motion, filed on September 12, 1967, and denied without an evidentiary hearing on October 10, 1967, appellant asserted matters going to the validity of his trial as well as a claim that he was denied the right to appeal. Only the latter question is presented to us.
The record discloses that appellant was convicted by a jury on July 5, 1966. He was sentenced on that same day and at sentencing said, "I would like to appeal my case." On July 8, 1966, appellant's court-appointed counsel filed a motion for a new trial. On July 12, 1966, appellant escaped from federal confinement in a Texas state jail and was apprehended the next day in Tennessee. He remained in Tennessee in either federal or state custody until August 12, 1966, when he was delivered to the United States Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas. There is some suggestion that he was held in Tennessee pending disposition of charges brought against him there. The District Court, on July 26, 1966, denied appellant's motion for a new trial.
After this ruling, the court-appointed attorney made no further efforts on appellant's behalf. The attorney explained in a letter contained in the government's brief before us:
"I did not hear anything further from Jessie Kenneth McKinney concerning appeal of his case. As a matter of fact, I did not know the location of Mr. McKinney as he had escaped from the Harrison County Jail while his motion for new trial was pending. The only information that I had concerning McKinney at all was the fact that he had escaped from jail and had been picked up during the latter part of July or early August of 1966. He made no effort to communicate to me that he wanted his case appealed,...
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