United States v. Callanan

WEBER, District Judge.

Lawrence Callanan has filed a Motion to Correct Sentence Under Count I, under Rule 35, F.R.Crim.P., 18 U.S.C., or, in the Alternative under Title 28, § 2255, U.S.C. Said defendant will hereinafter be referred to as Movant.

Movant was convicted in this Court under an Indictment in two counts charging him with conspiracy to extort in the first count and with the substantive offense of extortion in the second count. The Indictment was based upon Title 18, § 1951, U.S.C., known as the Hobbs Act, or the Anti-Racketeering Act.1

Movant was sentenced on July 19, 1954, by the late…