SWIFT v. UNITED STATES

No. 20400.

436 F.2d 390 (1970)

William Eugene SWIFT, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 13, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Eugene Swift, pro se.

Allen L. Donielson, U. S. Atty., and John B. Grier, Asst. U. S. Atty., Des Moines, Iowa, on brief, for appellee.

Before VAN OOSTERHOUT and BRIGHT, Circuit Judges, and NEVILLE, District Judge.


NEVILLE, District Judge.

This is a timely pro se appeal from an order denying defendant's petition brought under 28 U.S.C. § 22551 to correct a prison sentence of 10 years imposed on him in 1963 for violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a), bank robbery, which statute provides for a maximum penalty of a $5,000 fine or imprisonment for not more than 20 years or both. No mandatory minimum sentence is prescribed. Prior to the date of imposition...

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