D. L. Birchfield v. United States of America, and David M. Heritage, Warden, Etc.

JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a denial of a writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner is currently in custody under three sentences entered in May 1947 in United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina. The sentences, expressly made consecutive in nature, were 20 years for armed robbery of a bank, 12 U.S.C.A. § 588b, 1 5 years for transportation of a stolen automobile, 18 U.S.C.A. § 408, 2 and 5 years for transportation of stolen money, 18 U.S.C.A. §§ 413-419. 3

The petition, read as it must be with a lenient regard for the technical deficiencies of these…