SAWYER v. UNITED STATES

No. 17135.

312 F.2d 24 (1963)

John Robert SAWYER, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

January 17, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Morrow, Jr., of Spire, Morrow & Skutt, Omaha, Neb. (Court-appointed) made argument for the appellant and filed typewritten brief.

Theodore L. Richling, U. S. Atty., Omaha, Neb., made argument for the appellee and Frederic J. Coufal, Asst. U. S. Atty., and Franklin D. Carroll, Asst. U. S. Atty., Omaha, Neb., were with him on the brief.

Before VOGEL, BLACKMUN and RIDGE, Circuit Judges.


VOGEL, Circuit Judge.

John Robert Sawyer, the appellant herein, was indicted in the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska wherein he was charged in four counts with violations of the Federal Bank Robbery Act, 18 U.S.C.A. § 2113. Sawyer entered pleas of guilty to Counts 1 and 3 of the indictment. On March 23, 1962, he was sentenced by the District Court to a period of twenty years on Count 1 and a period of ten years on Count 3, such sentences...

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