From Casetext: Smarter Legal Research

Hayes v. United States

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Aug 12, 1968
399 F.2d 691 (5th Cir. 1968)

Opinion

No. 25202.

August 12, 1968.

Keith Webb Hayes, pro se.

Allen L. Chancey, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., Atlanta, Ga., for appellee.

Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, WISDOM, Circuit Judge, and BREWSTER, District Judge.


This is an appeal from the denial of a motion to vacate a judgment of guilty of the offense of bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 2113(a).

Appellant contends that he was mentally incompetent when he waived counsel and pleaded guilty on September 20, 1962. As § 2255 sets in train the likelihood of the return of the prisoner for a hearing and the Court has a right to require some specific facts regarding the claimed prior mental history, background, or incidents of aberration to support the conclusory allegations, the district court was correct in its denial of this motion without an evidentiary hearing. McCaffrey v. United States, 5 Cir., 1964, 328 F.2d 606; Wheeler v. United States, 8 Cir., 1965, 340 F.2d 119; Hartman v. United States, 6 Cir., 1962, 310 F.2d 447; Santos v. United States, 1 Cir., 1962, 305 F.2d 372; and Bishop v. United States, 96 U.S.App.D.C. 117, 223 F.2d 582 (1955), vacated and remanded, 350 U.S. 961, 76 S.Ct. 440, 100 L.Ed. 835 (1956), is not to the contrary.

Affirmed.


Summaries of

Hayes v. United States

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Aug 12, 1968
399 F.2d 691 (5th Cir. 1968)
Case details for

Hayes v. United States

Case Details

Full title:Keith Webb HAYES, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

Date published: Aug 12, 1968

Citations

399 F.2d 691 (5th Cir. 1968)

Citing Cases

Payne v. United States

The claim is conclusory and not supported by factual allegations. Therefore, it will not be considered.…

Mitchell v. Bell

A crucial question is whether petitioner has alleged sufficient facts to give rise to a cognizable…