JENKINS v. UNITED STATES

No. 76-1662.

555 F.2d 1188 (1977)

Melvin Eugene JENKINS, Appellant, v. The UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided May 31, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvin Eugene Jenkins, appellant, pro se.

Jervis S. Finney, U. S. Atty., Baltimore, Md., for the appellee.

Before WINTER, CRAVEN and BUTZNER, Circuit Judges.


WINTER, Circuit Judge:

Melvin Eugene Jenkins moved to vacate his sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 on the ground that it was improper because the district court had not entered an express "no-benefit" finding as required for certain criminal defendants by the Youth Corrections Act. Dorszynski v. United States, 418 U.S. 424, 94 S.Ct. 3042, 41 L.Ed.2d 855 (1974). The district court denied the motion on the ground that although...

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