Legal Opinion

Kenneth Allen Kitts v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided May 6, 1957No. 15667_1PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Per curiam

This is an appeal from final order denying defendant Kitts’ motion, made pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255, to vacate consecutive sentence previously imposed upon Count II of a three-count indictment.

It is defendant’s contention that Counts I and II of the indictment, for the purpose of sentence, charged but one offense, and that only one sentence could legally be imposed. Counts I and II of the indictment were based on the federal bank robbery law, 18 U.S.C. § 2113. Count I, based upon the second paragraph of 2113(a), charged defendant entered the insured bank with intent to commit a felony…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Prince v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957

3Cited by18 opinions

  1. United States v. Robert B. Corson, Eugene J. McCullough Eugene J. McCulloughCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971
  2. United States v. John Jacob Welty, James Hughey, Calvin Frederick RobichawCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
  3. United States v. Ellis Raymond WilliamsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958
  4. United States v. Dennis Keith FriedCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1971
  5. Yancy Douglas Hardy v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1961

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