Donald Lee King v. United States

The defendant-appellant was found guilty by the United States District Court in a trial without a jury on an indictment in three counts for a violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 2314, the transportation of falsely made securities. The court sentenced appellant in 1964 to three consecutive sentences, one for each of the three counts.

Appellant filed a motion under Rule 35 of the Rules of Criminal Procedure with the United States District Court for Utah to correct his sentence on the ground that there was but a single offense, and not three separate offenses. The court denied relief and appellant took…