Herbert Edward Hoyt, Jr. v. United States

Herbert Edward Hoyt, Jr., after a jury trial in 1971, was found guilty of kidnapping, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1201(a), and sentenced by the District Court of the Eastern District of Louisiana to a term of twenty (20) years imprisonment. At the time of sentencing appellant was eighteen (18) years of age and was eligible for sentencing under the terms of the Federal Youth Corrections Act of 1950, 18 U.S.C. § 5005, et seq. This action under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 was filed in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana, 1 and applicant, by later motion, seeks removal to…