Crowe v. United States

On May 15, 1947, in the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, one Casper Crowe, who was duly represented by counsel, entered a plea of guilty to indictments charging bank robbery and violation of the Federal Firearms Act, 15 U.S.C.A. § 901 et seq., the National Stolen Property Act, 18 U.S.C.A. § 413 et seq., -and the National Motor Vehicle Theft Act, 18 U.S.C.A. § 408. He was sentenced to a term of twenty-five years imprisonment and was confined in the Federal Penitentiary at Atlanta, Ga. On April 7, 1948, he filed with the United States District Court for…