Cramer v. Wise

Clifton Ralph Cramer was convicted after a jury trial on fifteen counts of mail fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1341. He was sentenced to the custody of the Attorney General pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 5010(b) of the Federal Youth Corrections Act and was fined $10,000.

In this pro se appeal from the district court’s denial of his motion under 28 U. S.C. § 2255, he contends, citing United States v. Hayes, 9 Cir., 1973, 474 F.2d 965, that the imposition of the fine in addition to sentencing under the Federal Youth Corrections Act was error. Our preliminary concern, however, is with the fact that…