Robert E. Lipscomb v. United States

JOHNSEN, Chief Judge.

Lipscomb pleaded guilty in 1951 to a charge of unlawfully possessing counterfeit currency and to four charges of having passed counterfeit currency with intent to defraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 472. In view of his long and persistent career as a law violator, he was given a sentence of five years’ imprisonment on each count, with the terms to be served consecutively.

The prospect of possible confinement for 25 years was naturally not pleasing to Lipscomb, and he has engaged in attempts ever since to get his conviction and sentences set aside. Every form of motion for…