United States v. McGann

CHESNUT, District Judge.

Earl Kill Smith, one of the three defendants in the above case, has filed a second petition to modify or strike out the sentence imposed upon him in this court on February 7, 1955, when represented by competent counsel theretofore appointed by the Court. After considering the petition in the light of the whole record in the case, I have concluded that the petition must be denied. To understand the reasons for this conclusion it is important to make at least a summary review of the record in the case.

On August 13, 1954, a branch of the First National Bank of Southern…