UNITED STATES v. DOCKERY

No. 23730.

447 F.2d 1178 (1971)

UNITED STATES of America v. Jean D. DOCKERY, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided May 25, 1971.

Petition for Rehearing Denied July 9, 1971.

Certiorari Denied November 9, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Sheldon I. Cohen, Washington, D. C. (appointed by this court) for appellant.

Mr. Broughton M. Earnest, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. Thomas A. Flannery, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry, and James A. Treanor, III, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before WRIGHT, MacKINNON and WILKEY, Circuit Judges.


Certiorari Denied November 9, 1971. See 92 S.Ct. 299.

PER CURIAM:

We here decide, consistently with the great weight of authority, that it was not a denial of due process of law for the trial judge in sentencing to rely upon the presentence investigative report without disclosing its entire contents to appellant. The longstanding and uniform understanding of the requirements of due process makes the contrary argument one "more properly to be made to the Supreme...

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