John R. Franco v. United States

WASHINGTON, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Franco was convicted in the District Court of “bail jumping” in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 3146, and seeks reversal.

The background is this: Franco was convicted of mail fraud in the District Court in 1962. He appealed to this court, and we admitted him to bail pending appeal in the amount of $3,000. He executed a bail bond pledging that he would surrender himself if the judgment was affirmed, the appeal dismissed, or a new trial granted. He thus obtained his liberty in the summer of 1962. On December 4,1962, the Government moved to dismiss his appeal on…