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HICKS v. REID

No. 11152.

194 F.2d 327 (1952)

HICKS v. REID et al.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided January 3, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel Bogorad, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Lewis A. Carroll, Washington, D. C., with whom Charles M. Irelan, U. S. Atty. at the time the brief was filed, and Joseph M. Howard, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., were on the brief of appellees. George Morris Fay, Washington, D. C., U. S. Atty. at the time the record was filed, also entered an appearance on behalf of appellees.

Before EDGERTON, PROCTOR and BAZELON, Circuit Judges.

BAZELON, Circuit Judge.

Appellant's petition for a writ of habeas corpus, denied by the District Court, presents this situation. He was sentenced by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to serve nine to thirteen and one-half years. A federal statute, 18 U.S.C. § 716(b), made his release mandatory at the expiration of the maximum sentence less time off for good behavior. It was pursuant to that statute that he was released on June 19,...

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