JOHNSON v. UNITED STATES

No. 3695.

210 A.2d 839 (1965)

Thomas M. JOHNSON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 16, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman M. Garland, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

David W. Miller, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom David C. Acheson, U. S. Atty., and Frank Q. Nebeker, Asst. U. S. Atty., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before HOOD, Chief Judge, and QUINN and MYERS, Associate Judges.


QUINN, Associate Judge:

Appellant pleaded guilty to two informations under the Uniform Narcotics Act and was sentenced to prison for one year on each, the sentences to be served consecutively. He later filed a motion to vacate the sentences and set aside the judgment of conviction. A hearing was held at which appellant presented evidence in support of his contentions that (1) the Court of General Sessions could not lawfully order his incarceration in the face of a...

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