Legal Opinion

Pitisci v. Hardwick

District Court, N.D. Georgia

Decided June 14, 1955No. Civ. A. No. 5185Published

1Opinion of the Court

HOOPER, Chief Judge.

Applicant, a prisoner in the United States Penitentiary at Atlanta, Georgia, ■seeks release on writ of habeas corpus contending that he is being held to serve ten years, whereas his judgment only aggregates five years.

He attaches to his application a copy of the transcript made at the time he was sentenced for purposes of showing he actually received a five year sentence rather than ten years.

However, a study of the transcript and of - the sentence imposed by the Court does not bear out his contentions. The applicant Pitisci was sentenced at the same time that one Alvarez…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Mills v. Hunter, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1953
  2. Holloway v. LooneyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1953
  3. Butterfield v. WilkinsonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1954
  4. Armstrong v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1954

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