Carter v. United States

Under the rule laid down by this court in Ross v. United States, 37 F.(2d) 557, and by tbe Supreme Court of the United States in Husty v. United States, 282 U. S. 694, 51 S. Ct. 240, 75 L. Ed. 629, 74 A. L. R. 1407, there was' no error in the imposition of the sentence of four years in this case. Under the decision of this court in Sharp v. United States, 55 F.(2d) 227, the judge below had the right, in fixing the sentence, to take into consideration the circumstances surrounding the commission of the offense as shown by the ■evidence. Here it was proven that the defendant recklessly and…