Remas v. Squier

DENMAN, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner, a prisoner in the United States penitentiary at McNeil Island, Washington, seeks a writ of habeas corpus, claiming he was sentenced to imprisonment for some offense for a period of nine months. He attaches documents showing that he was convicted under the Motor Vehicle Theft Act, 18 U.S.C.A. § 408. That Act creates an offense punishable by imprisonment for a term of years in excess of one year, that is up to five years.

The Commitment Act as amended in 1941, 18 U.S.C.A. § 753f, provides “that any sentence of imprisonment for an offense punishable by…