GAWANTKA v. UNITED STATES

No. 14338.

327 F.2d 129 (1964)

Gerhard Willie GAWANTKA, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided January 31, 1964.

As Amended February 26, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerhard Willie Gawantka, pro se.

Bernard J. Brown, U. S. Atty., Harry A. Nagle, Asst. U. S. Atty., Scranton, Pa., for appellee.

Before BIGGS, Chief Judge, and KALODNER and GANEY, Circuit Judges.


BIGGS, Chief Judge.

The petitioner or relator, Gawantka, pleaded guilty at No. 13,645 in the court below to an information charging him with knowing unlawful possession of a check taken from a mail receptacle in violation of Section 1708, Title 18, U.S.C. Gawantka was represented by court-appointed counsel. Sentence was suspended and he was put on probation for a period of five years, to begin upon his release from imprisonment on the sentence imposed at No. 13,635...

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