Hedges v. United States

OPINION ON MOTION TO VACATE OR CORRECT SENTENCE

ROBERT M. MeRAE, Jr., District Judge.

Petitioner, Donald G. Hedges, also known as Garland Lee Kane, seeks credit for 75 days spent in jail prior to imposition of sentence. Petitioner was sentenced on June 13, 1966, to five years, the maximum time of confinement for violation of the Dyer Act. The United States of America, as respondent, admits that petitioner was confined for a period of 75 days prior to his sentence but asserts that he should not be given credit therefor because the Dyer Act did not provide for a mandatory minimum sentence and…