TAYLOR v. U.S.

No. 87-760.

565 A.2d 992 (1989)

Melvin J. TAYLOR, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 13, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence M. Baskir, appointed by this court, for appellant.

Kevin A. Forder, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Jay B. Stevens, U.S. Atty., Michael W. Farrell, Asst. U.S. Atty. at the time the brief was filed, Mary Ellen Abrecht and Craig Iscoe, Asst. U.S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before ROGERS, Chief Judge, STEADMAN, Associate Judge, and REILLY, Senior Judge.


STEADMAN, Associate Judge:

Appellant was convicted on two counts and sentenced under § 5010(c) of the now repealed Federal Youth Corrections Act ("Youth Act"), 18 U.S.C. § 5005 et. seq. (1982). He took no timely appeal. The present appeal is from a subsequent denial, after an extensive evidentiary hearing, of his motion to vacate the sentence and re-enter judgment for the purpose of noting an appeal from...

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