United States v. Connie Stumpf

Defendant, who entered a guilty plea to the misdemeanor charge of willful obstruction of mail, 18 U.S.C. § 1701 (1970), was sentenced to imprisonment for a period of 120 days. Although she was interviewed by a probation officer prior to sentencing, she suppressed the fact that she had ever experienced psychiatric difficulties. After sentence was imposed, she moved for a reduction of sentence under Rule 35, F.R.Crim.P., supporting her motion with a letter from her family doctor which related that she had had “a very distorted life history since her adoption,” that she had been treated at…