United States v. Grantland D. Butler

MacKINNON, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Butler attacks the legality of consecutive sentences imposed on January 13, 1956 upon his conviction for second degree murder, housebreaking, and larceny. Butler, along with two co-defendants, had broken into a dry cleaning establishment, beaten and strangled to death an elderly watchman, and stolen some money and other property. 1 The jury’s verdict included a recommendation that the court impose the maximum penalty for his conviction for murder. 2 The trial court sentenced Butler (and each of his confederates) to imprisonment for a period of

Forty (40)…