Burns v. United States

The Court granted certiorari to review the decision of the Circuit Court of Appeals affirming an order revoking probation. 59 F. (2d) 721. On a plea of guilty to three counts of an indictment, petitioner was sentenced, on May 4, 1931, on the first count to imprisonment for one year, on the second count to pay a fine of $2,000, and on the third count to imprisonment for five years. Execution of the last-mentioned sentence was suspended and the court granted probation upon the following terms,— “ during such time as the defendant reports regularly every three months in writing, beginning with…