Payne v. United States

On April 28, 1998, appellant Gerry Payne pled guilty to one count of attempted possession with intent to distribute cocaine.1 He was sentenced by the Superior Court on June 17, 1998, to a three to nine year term of incarceration (execution suspended as to all but thirty days), and to three years of supervised probation. Mr. Payne was to serve his thirty days over ten consecutive weekends beginning on Friday, June 19, 1998, and ending on Sunday, August 23, 1998. The beginning of Mr. Payne’s term of probationary supervision is unfortunately not as clearly delineated. He contends that it began…