Task: songer_method

What follows is an opinion from a United States Court of Appeals. Your task is to determine the nature of the proceeding in the court of appeals for the case, that is, the legal history of the case, indicating whether there had been prior appellate court proceeding on the same case prior to the decision currently coded. Assume that the case had been decided by the panel for the first time if there was no indication to the contrary in the opinion. The opinion usually, but not always, explicitly indicates when a decision was made "en banc" (though the spelling of "en banc" varies). However, if more than 3 judges were listed as participating in the decision, code the decision as enbanc even if there was no explicit description of the proceeding as en banc.

PER CURIAM.
This is an appeal from an order denying a motion to set aside a judgment and1 sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. On August 15, 1961 the appellant Bailey appeared in the United States District ■Court for the District of Kansas with •counsel of his own choice, and entered a plea of guilty to an indictment which •charged that he, with others, “forcibly •entered into the State Bank of Colwich •* * * Kansas, a bank insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation of the United States, with the intent to .steal therefrom, and did attempt to enter the said bank vault therein by breaking a hole in the wall surrounding same; in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2113.” This is Bailey’s third Section 2255 attack on the judgment and sentence imposed after the plea of guilty.
In essence, the allegations of the motion are that the indictment fails to charge an offense under the statute and the judgment and sentence is therefore void. We find no merit in the contention. Rule 7(c), F.R.Crim.P., requires that an indictment shall be a plain, concise and definite written statement of the essential facts constituting the offense charged. All the essential elements of the offense are contained in the allegations of the indictment and they meet the requirements of the rule, even if timely challenged prior to conviction. Hagner v. United States, 285 U.S. 427, 52 S.Ct. 417, 76 L.Ed. 861; Young v. United States, 10 Cir., 329 F.2d 316, cert. denied 377 U.S. 980, 84 S.Ct. 1886, 12 L.Ed.2d 748; Mims v. United States, 10 Cir., 332 F.2d 944; Clay v. United States, 10 Cir., 326 F.2d 196, cert. denied 377 U.S. 1000, 84 S.Ct. 1930, 12 L.Ed.2d 1050; Smith v. United States, 10 Cir., 273 F.2d 462, cert. denied 363 U.S. 846, 80 S.Ct. 1619, 4 L.Ed.2d 1729.
There is no need for a discussion of the test of the sufficiency of the indictment in post-conviction proceedings. See, Foster v. United States, 10 Cir., 339 F.2d 188; Flores v. United States, 10 Cir., 338 F.2d 966; Charley v. United States, 10 Cir., 303 F.2d 512; Barnes v. Hunter, 10 Cir., 188 F.2d 86, cert. denied 342 U.S. 920, 72 S.Ct. 368, 96 L.Ed. 688.
Affirmed.
. In Mims v. United States, 10 Cir., 332 F.2d 944, 946, the court said:
“The traditional criteria by which the legal sufficiency of an indictment is determined is whether it contains the elements of the offense charged and apprises the accused of the nature of the ■charge, so as to enable him to prepare a defense and to plead the judgment in bar. See: United States v. Debrow, 346 U.S. 374, 74 S.Ct. 113, 98 L.Ed. 92; Russell v. United States, 369 U.S. 749, 82 S.Ct. 1038, 8 L.Ed.2d 240; and Clay v. United States (10 CA), 326 F.2d 196.”

Question: What is the nature of the proceeding in the court of appeals for this case?
A. decided by panel for first time (no indication of re-hearing or remand)
B. decided by panel after re-hearing (second time this case has been heard by this same panel)
C. decided by panel after remand from Supreme Court
D. decided by court en banc, after single panel decision
E. decided by court en banc, after multiple panel decisions
F. decided by court en banc, no prior panel decisions
G. decided by panel after remand to lower court
H. other
I. not ascertained
Answer:

Answer: A