William C. Greene v. United States

EDGERTON, Circuit Judge.

“Appellant was convicted, on each of 15 counts of an indictment, for violations of the narcotics laws. He was sentenced, on each count, to imprisonment for 20 months to 5 years and a fine of $500. Three of the sentences were to run consecutively and the other 12 ‘concurrently with’ the consecutive sentences.” Greene v. United States, 100 U.S.App.D.C. 396, 246 F.2d 677. We there held, Judge Bazelon dissenting on other grounds, that the “aggregate sentence” of “not less than five years and not more than 15 years, and a $1,500.00 fine” was valid whether the three…