Legal Opinion
Morton Sobell v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 14, 1969No. 314, Docket 33029PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAYS, Circuit Judge:
Appellant, Morton Sobell, was arrested on August 18, 1950, and charged with violating the Espionage Act.1 Bail was set at $100,000. Sobell did not post bail and remained in custody until, following his indictment and subsequent conviction, he was sentenced on April 5, 1951, to imprisonment for 30 years, then the statutory maximum term for the offense of which he was convicted.
This action was brought in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (1964), to correct the 30-year sentence of imprisonment by crediting…
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