DE BENQUE v. UNITED STATES

No. 6617.

85 F.2d 202 (1936)

DE BENQUE v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided May 11, 1936.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Laughlin, of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Leslie C. Garnett, U.S. Atty., and John J. Wilson, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Washington, D.C.

Before MARTIN, Chief Justice, and ROBB, GRONER, and STEPHENS, Associate Justices.


STEPHENS, Associate Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia entered December 20, 1935, sentencing the appellant (hereinafter referred to as the defendant) to fifteen months in the penitentiary. The question in the case is as to the validity of this sentence.

The facts are as follows: On November 27, 1933, the defendant, having been convicted of the crime of grand larceny, was sentenced to be imprisoned for...

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