STAPF v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 19837, 19849, 19884, 19976.

367 F.2d 326 (1966)

Edward W. STAPF, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee. Lester KERR, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee. Edward W. STAPF, Appellant, v. Nicholas deB. KATZENBACH et al., Appellees. William HOLLINGSWORTH, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided August 4, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Martin J. Gaynes, Washington, D. C. (appointed by this court) for appellants.

Mr. Charles L. Owen, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. David G. Bress, U. S. Atty., and Frank Q. Nebeker, Asst. U. S. Atty., were on the brief for appellee.

Before BASTIAN, Senior Circuit Judge, and WRIGHT and LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judges.


LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judge:

These cases, consolidated on appeal, present the common question whether the District Court acted lawfully when it refused to accord a convicted defendant credit against his sentence for the time he spent in custody for want of bail prior to sentence.

The facts in No. 19837 are as follows: Appellant, Edward Stapf, was arrested on May 23, 1962, and charged with interstate transportation of a stolen vehicle in violation of 18 U.S.C...

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