Sanders v. United States
Decision Date | 17 July 1950 |
Docket Number | No. 6122.,6122. |
Citation | 183 F.2d 748 |
Parties | SANDERS v. UNITED STATES. |
Court | U.S. Court of Appeals — Fourth Circuit |
Lamar Gudger, Asheville, N. C., for appellant.
Bernard J. Flynn, U. S. Attorney, Baltimore, Md., on the brief, for appellee.
Before PARKER, Chief Judge, and SOPER and DOBIE, Circuit Judges.
This is an appeal from an order denying a motion made under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 to vacate and set aside a judgment and sentence of imprisonment. Appellant and one William Leo Keefe were charged with bank robbery in violation of 12 U.S.C.A. § 588b, now 18 U.S.C.A. § 2113. They pleaded not guilty and were tried before a jury that convicted them both. They were represented by counsel and there was nothing to indicate that there was any inconsistency in their defenses. Neither took the stand on the trial and no evidence was introduced in behalf of Keefe. Appellant introduced evidence in an attempt to establish an alibi but was identified by a number of eyewitnesses as being one of the persons who participated in the robbery, and, in addition, there was strong circumstantial evidence pointing to his guilt. Following his conviction he made a motion for a new trial one of the grounds of which was additional evidence offered in support of his alibi, but this was denied. An appeal was then taken to this court; and it appears from the record therein, which contains the lengthy and careful charge of the trial judge, that appellant had a fair trial and that the evidence in support of his alibi was painstakingly set forth and was fairly submitted to the jury along with the evidence relied upon by the prosecution as identifying him as one of the perpetrators of the crime. We affirmed the judgment of the lower court on that appeal after careful consideration. Sanders v. United States, 4 Cir., 127 F.2d 647, certiorari denied 317 U.S. 626, 63 S.Ct. 37, 87 L.Ed. 506. Referring to the motion for new trial, we said:
The contentions on the motion before us are (1) that the appellant did not have the undivided assistance of counsel, (2) that he was convicted on false testimony, and (3) that he has been grossly mistreated by prison authorities since his conviction. The last contention presents no ground for relief under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 and the others are entirely without merit, as...
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