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MITCHNER v. U.S.

No. 86-931.

531 A.2d 666 (1987)

Rux D. MITCHNER, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided September 30, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nina Kraut, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Sharon M. Collins, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty., and Michael W. Farrell, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellee.

Before PRYOR, Chief Judge, FERREN, and ROGERS, Associate Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Appellant Rux Mitchner contends that because he is incarcerated in a federal institution, he is entitled to be sentenced under the federal statute, 18 U.S.C. § 4205(b)(1) (1985), which gives the United States Parole Commission the authority to release a prisoner before the minimum sentence has been served.1 He argues that the trial court erred in ruling that it did not have jurisdiction to sentence him under 18 U.S.C....

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