PILKINGTON v. UNITED STATES

No. 8706.

315 F.2d 204 (1963)

Vincent L. PILKINGTON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided March 2, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lewis T. Booker, Richmond, Va. (court-assigned counsel), for appellant.

James A. Oast, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty. (C. V. Spratley, Jr., U.S. Atty., on brief), for appellee.

Before SOBELOFF, Chief Judge, SOPER, Circuit Judge, and WINTER, District Judge.


SOBELOFF, Chief Judge.

The question presented by this appeal concerns the availability of post-conviction relief when the District Court, in the course of criminal proceedings, after advising a youthful criminal defendant that he is subject to a maximum of five years imprisonment for the particular crime charged, accepts a plea of guilty without further explanation of the possible sentence and proceeds to impose sentence under the Federal Youth Corrections...

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