Alphonse Kanton v. United States

Petitioner Kanton was convicted by a jury of robbing a bank and, in doing so, putting in jeopardy the life of a person, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113. He was sentenced to a term of twenty-five years. This court affirmed. United States v. Kanton, 264 F.2d 588 (7th Cir. 1959). Thereafter, Kanton filed a motion to correct the sentence, under Rule 35, Fed.R.Crim.P. and appealed from the judgment denying his motion. This court again affirmed. Kanton v. United States, 345 F.2d 427 (7th Cir. 1965). We rejected Kanton’s contention that his sentence should be reduced to twenty years, the penalty…