Leonard Malcolm Oeth v. United States

The appellant was convicted upon a trial by jury on charges of kidnapping and aircraft piracy in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 1201 and 49 U.S.C.A. § 1472, for which he was sentenced to serve concurrent terms of one and twenty years respectively. Upon direct appeal, the judgment was affirmed. Healy and Oeth v. United States, 5 Cir., 1966, 354 F.2d 1008.

After a hearing at which appellant’s attorney was present, the District Court modified the sentence to provide, pursuant to 18 U.S.C.A. § 4208(a) (2), that the appellant would be eligible for parole at such time as the Board of Parole might…