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WELLS v. UNITED STATES

No. 11, Original.

318 U.S. 257 (1943)

63 S.Ct. 582

87 L.Ed. 746

WELLS v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 1, 1943.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Henry J. Friendly for petitioner.

Assistant Attorney General Berge, with whom Solicitor General Fahy and Messrs. Oscar A. Provost and Robert S. Erdahl, and Miss Melva M. Graney were on the brief, for the United States.

PER CURIAM.

In 1938 petitioner, in the Western District of Texas, pleaded guilty to an indictment in four counts charging him with violation of the Bank Robbery Act, 12 U.S.C. § 588b, and was sentenced to consecutive terms of imprisonment aggregating 90 years. On May 6, 1942, the trial court, after petitioner's successful appeal to the Circuit Court of Appeals, 124 F.2d 334, granted...

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