Sobell v. United States

MEMORANDUM

BONSAL, District Judge.

Petitioner Morton Sobell was arrested on August 18, 1950, charged with delivering defense information to aid a foreign government in violation of 50 U.S.C. §§ 32(a), 34 (1940 ed.) (now codified as 18 U.S.C. § 794). His bail was fixed at $100,000. Petitioner did not post bail and remained in custody from the day of his arrest until, following conviction, he was sentenced in this Court by Honorable Irving R. Kaufman, on April 5, 1951, to a maximum prison term of 30 years. He continued in custody following sentence, and in July 1951 elected not to begin service…