Case Name: Alton B. LOCKLEAR, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1976-03-02
Citations: 549 F.2d 313
Docket Number: No. 74-1600
Parties: Alton B. LOCKLEAR, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.
Judges: Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, and WINTER, CRAVEN, BUTZNER, RUSSELL, FIELD and WIDENER, Circuit Judges, sitting in banc.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 549
Pages: 313–313

Head Matter:
Alton B. LOCKLEAR, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.
No. 74-1600.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Argued Nov. 11, 1975.
Decided March 2, 1976.
T. J. Markow, Richmond, Va. [Court-appointed] (Shaia, Stout & Markow, Richmond, Va., on brief), for appellant.
Christine A. Witcover, Asst. U. S. Atty., Raleigh, N. C. (Thomas P. McNamara, U. S. Atty., Raleigh, N. C., on brief), for appellee.
Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, and WINTER, CRAVEN, BUTZNER, RUSSELL, FIELD and WIDENER, Circuit Judges, sitting in banc.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
The denial of the motion of Alton B. Locklear under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to vacate his sentence is vacated and remanded for reconsideration in the light of Stepheney v. United States, 516 F.2d 7 (4 Cir. 1975). Stepheney holds that in order to terminate further inquiry the district judge must be able to say, either from recollection or reconstruction, that had he known at the time of sentencing that the earlier convictions were invalid, he would have nevertheless imposed the same sentence.
VACATED AND REMANDED.