BIRCHFIELD v. UNITED STATES

No. 18892.

296 F.2d 120 (1961)

D. L. BIRCHFIELD, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, and David M. Heritage, Warden, Etc., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

November 17, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. L. Birchfield, in pro. per.

Charles D. Read, Jr., U. S. Atty., Robt. G. Hunt, Allen L. Chancey, Jr., Asst. U. S. Attys., Atlanta, Ga., for appellees.

Before BROWN, GEWIN and BELL, Circuit Judges.


JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a denial of a writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner is currently in custody under three sentences entered in May 1947 in United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina. The sentences, expressly made consecutive in nature, were 20 years for armed robbery of a bank, 12 U.S.C.A. § 588b,1 5 years for transportation of a stolen automobile, 18 U.S.C.A. § 408...

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