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- Title: Pursley v. United States
- Author : United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- Release Date : January 12, 1968
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 53 KB
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This is an appeal from the denial of a motion to vacate convictions and sentences imposed for violations of 18 U.S.C. §Â§ 641 and 2115. Pursley contends that he was "coerced, induced and promised" by a postal inspector and a state official by their representations that if he would plead guilty, then certain state offenses would be dismissed. In fact, the state offenses were dismissed after his plea of guilty in United States District Court. He also claims that he was promised a sentence of no more than five years. Actual sentences imposed were a five-year sentence on Count One and a concurrent ten-year sentence on Count Two. The transcript of the arraignment and plea proceedings shows that Pursley is a recidivist and would have been faced with a life sentence if he had been convicted on the state charges.