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Yarbrough v. United States

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Oct 30, 1945
151 F.2d 649 (5th Cir. 1945)

Opinion

No. 11311.

October 30, 1945.

Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Alabama; Clarence Mullins, Judge.

James Garland Yarbrough was convicted, and he appeals.

Affirmed and remanded for resentence.

Roderick Beddow, of Birmingham, Ala., for appellant.

Jim C. Smith, U.S. Atty., of Birmingham, Ala., for appellee.

Before SIBLEY, and McCORD, Circuit Judges, and KENNAMER, District Judge.


Counsel for the appellant and for appellee join in the statement in open court that the judge of the district court desires to modify and change the sentence pronounced, which has not yet been carried into effect, and to place the appellant on probation; and they join in a request that the case be remanded with permission that the judge reconsider and alter his sentence. No error appearing in the trial the conviction is affirmed, but the cause is ordered remanded to the district court with leave to the judge to reconsider and modify the sentence, and to place the defendant on probation. Scott v. United States, 5 Cir., 165 F. 172. Cf. United States v. Felder, D.C., 13 F.2d 526; 18 U.S.C.A. § 724.

Affirmed and remanded for resentence.


Summaries of

Yarbrough v. United States

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Oct 30, 1945
151 F.2d 649 (5th Cir. 1945)
Case details for

Yarbrough v. United States

Case Details

Full title:YARBROUGH v. UNITED STATES

Court:Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

Date published: Oct 30, 1945

Citations

151 F.2d 649 (5th Cir. 1945)

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