UNITED STATES v. KING

No. 72-1718 Summary Calendar.

463 F.2d 782 (1972)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Willie KING, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 18, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles R. Crowder, Birmingham, Ala. (Court-appointed), for defendant-appellant.

Wayman G. Sherrer, U. S. Atty., Albert C. Bowen, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Birmingham, Ala., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before THORNBERRY, COLEMAN and INGRAHAM, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

A jury convicted Willie King of transporting in interstate commerce a stolen motor vehicle, knowing it to have been stolen, 18 U.S.C., § 2312. The Court imposed the maximum sentence of five years. The appellate attack is centered exclusively on the severity of the sentence, although it is within the limits authorized by law. Another District Judge, before whom a co-defendant entered a plea of guilty, sentenced that co-defendant to a term less than...

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