Vincent L. Pilkington v. United States

SOBELOFF, Chief Judge.

The question presented by this appeal concerns the availability of post-conviction relief when the District Court, fin the course of criminal proceedings, after advising a youthful criminal defendant that he is subject to a maximum of five years imprisonment for the particular crime charged, accepts a plea of guilty without further explanation of the possible sentence and proceeds to impose sentence under the Federal Youth Corrections Act, 18 U.S.C.A. § 5005 et seq., under which the defendant is subject to a potential maximum sentence of six years confinement. 1

The…