Legal Opinion
Arthur Joseph Beshaw v. Charles Fenton, Warden U. S. Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided December 15, 1980No. 79-1777PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ADAMS, Circuit Judge.
In this appeal, a prisoner convicted in a state court and originally incarcerated in a state prison challenges his transfer to federal custody on the ground that the applicable federal statute did not authorize it, and on the further ground that the hearing preceding the transfer was inadequate.
FACTS:
Arthur Beshaw was convicted in the Vermont state courts for the crime of breaking and entering, and at a later trial of attempted escape and related charges. He was sentenced to a total of twenty-two years, six months and twenty-four days in prison.…
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