United States v. Howard Frye

CASTLE, Circuit Judge.

Howard Frye, defendant-appellant, was convicted under a nine-count indictment charging substantive narcotics violations and conspiracy. The conviction, and the convictions of co-defendants Fred Coduto and Coyit Baker, were affirmed in United States v. Coduto, 7 Cir., 284 F.2d 464.

The trial court pronounced sentence upon the defendants Frye and Baker as follows:

“I hereby sentence Howard Frye and Coyit Baker to twenty yeárs on each of the nine counts of the indictment, to run concurrently. I fine each of them $10,000.00”.

The judgment and commitment, order entered in the…