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KERCHEVAL v. UNITED STATES

No. 705.

274 U.S. 220 (1927)

KERCHEVAL v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 2, 1927.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Edward J. Callahan, with whom Messrs. William E. Leahy, William J. Hughes, Jr., George R. Smith, William B. Movery, Paul Jones, Paul Jones, Jr., and H.C. Wade were on the brief, for petitioner.

Assistant to the Attorney General Donovan, with whom Solicitor General Mitchell and Mr. William D. Whitney, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, were on the brief, for the United States.

MR. JUSTICE BUTLER delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioner was indicted in the District Court for the Western District of Arkansas under § 215 of the Criminal Code for using the mails to defraud. He pleaded guilty, and thereupon the court sentenced him to the penitentiary for three years. Afterwards he filed a petition alleging that he was induced so to plead by the promise of one of the prosecuting attorneys to recommend to the court that he be punished...

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