UNITED STATES v. JACKSON

No. 69, Docket 76-1157.

542 F.2d 162 (1976)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. William H. JACKSON, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided September 20, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phylis Skloot Bamberger, New York City (William J. Gallagher, The Legal Aid Society, Federal Defender Services Unit, David J. Gottlieb, New York City, on the brief), for appellant.

David S. Gould, Asst. U.S. Atty., Brooklyn, N.Y. (David G. Trager, U.S. Atty., Eastern District of New York, Bernard J. Fried, Asst. U.S. Atty., Brooklyn, N.Y., on the brief), for appellee.

Before KAUFMAN, Chief Judge, and FEINBERG and VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judges.


FEINBERG, Circuit Judge:

After a non-jury trial in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, before John R. Bartels, Judge, William H. Jackson was convicted in March 1976 of obstruction of the mails in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1701,1 which provides a maximum sentence of imprisonment for "not more than six months." Judge Bartels committed Jackson to the custody of the Attorney General for a study...

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