Larson v. United States

The appellant having been sentenced ac-cumulatively upon a plea of guilty for violation of subsections (a) and (b) of the Bank Robbery Statute, Title 12, U.S.C.A. § 588b [now 18 U.S.C.A. § 2113], petitioned the district court for correction of the sentence on the ground that the two subsections described but a single offense. Holiday v. Johnston, 313 U.S. 342, 61 S.Ct. 1015, 85 L.Ed. 1392. The court thereupon vacated the sentence of 15 years imposed under count 1 of the indictment, and denied a motion to vacate the sentence imposed under count 2 on the ground that the offense defined by…