UNITED STATES v. ANDREWS


170 F.Supp. 380 (1958)

UNITED STATES of America, v. Albert ANDREWS, Defendant.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

August 25, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel H. Greenberg, New York City, for plaintiff.

Arthur H. Christy, U. S. Atty., for the Southern Dist. of New York, New York City, George I. Gordon, New York City, of counsel, for United States.


PALMIERI, District Judge.

Defendant Andrews moves to have his sentence corrected or reduced. The motion has three branches:

1. Defendant contends that his sentence to twenty-five years imprisonment for violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2114 (1952) is in contravention of the provision of U.S.Const. Amend. VIII, which prohibits "cruel and unusual punishments." This contention has been rejected, in regard to the statute here at issue, in Sansone v. Zerbst, 10 Cir...

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