From Casetext: Smarter Legal Research

United States v. White

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Jan 27, 1971
436 F.2d 1380 (5th Cir. 1971)

Opinion

No. 29612.

January 27, 1971.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama.

John Cortez White, pro se.

Irving Silver, Mobile, Ala. (Ct. Apptd.), for appellant.

Charles S. White-Spunner, Jr., U.S. Atty., Irwin W. Coleman, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., Mobile, Ala., for appellee.

Before GODBOLD, CLARK and INGRAHAM, Circuit Judges.


BY THE COURT:

That portion of the order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama, Northern Division, entered on the 6th day of March, 1970, committing John Cortez White to the custody of the Attorney General of the United States or his authorized representative for imprisonment for a period of twenty-five years for violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 2113(d) and for a concurrent period of twenty years for violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 2113(a) is vacated and the cause is remanded to the said court with directions to resentence John Cortez White in accordance with the opinions of this court in Eakes v. United States, 391 F.2d 287 (1968) and Prince v. United States, 230 F.2d 568 (5th Cir. 1956), rev. on other grounds, 352 U.S. 322, 77 S.Ct. 403, 1 L.Ed.2d 370 (1957).


Summaries of

United States v. White

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Jan 27, 1971
436 F.2d 1380 (5th Cir. 1971)
Case details for

United States v. White

Case Details

Full title:UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John Cortez WHITE…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

Date published: Jan 27, 1971

Citations

436 F.2d 1380 (5th Cir. 1971)

Citing Cases

United States v. Rosson

3. Sentence Because concurrent sentences were imposed under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) they must be vacated…