UNITED STATES v. BUTLER

No. 71-1221.

462 F.2d 1195 (1972)

UNITED STATES of America v. Grantland D. BUTLER, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

April 6, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William R. Malone, Huntsville, Tex. (appointed by this court), was on the pleadings for appellant.

Messrs. Harold H. Titus, Jr., U. S. Atty., John A. Terry, Oscar Altshuler, John P. Hume and Paul L. Friedman, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the motion for summary affirmance, for appellee.

Before ROBINSON and MacKINNON, Circuit Judges.


MacKINNON, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Butler attacks the legality of consecutive sentences imposed on January 13, 1956 upon his conviction for second degree murder, housebreaking, and larceny. Butler, along with two co-defendants, had broken into a dry cleaning establishment, beaten and strangled to death an elderly watchman, and stolen some money and other property.1 The jury's verdict included...

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