UNITED STATES v. MORGAN

No. 28187 Summary Calendar.

425 F.2d 1388 (1970)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joseph William MORGAN, a/k/a Lester Carter, a/k/a Edward James Johnson, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 1, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph W. Morgan, pro se.

John L. Briggs, U. S. Atty., Jacksonville, Fla., Bernard H. Dempsey, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Tampa, Fla., for appellee.

Before BELL, AINSWORTH and GODBOLD, Circuit Judges.


GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:

Under 1966 amendments to 18 U.S.C. § 3568, the Attorney General is required to give a federal prisoner "credit toward service of his sentence for any days spent in custody in connection with the offense or acts for which sentence was imposed." In this case we are asked to review a denial by the District Court of credit against a sentence imposed after the effective date of the amendments.1

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