United States v. James B. Forrest

Appellant and four companions were jointly indicted on one count each of carnal knowledge.1 Following a three-day jury trial alone, appellant was found guilty, and later was sentenced to five to fifteen years imprisonment.2 This court reversed the District Court’s denial of appellant’s request for release pending appeal,3 and subsequently affirmed his conviction without opinion.4 Appellant thereafter filed two successive motions in each of which he sought alternatively *778a reduction of sentence or a resentenc-ing under the provisions of the Federal Youth Corrections Act.5 Both motions were…