Legal Opinion · Dissent

Robert Michael Woosley v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided April 24, 1973No. 71-1691Published

1Dissent

*149VAN OOSTERHOUT, Senior Judge,

with whom MEHAFFY and STEPHENSON, Circuit Judges, join (dissenting).

I respectfully dissent. I would affirm the trial court’s order denying relief under Rule 35. The sentence of five-years imprisonment was imposed upon the defendant following the acceptance of his voluntary plea of guilty to a charge of failure to submit for induction in violation of 50 U.S.C. App. § 462. This is the maximum penalty provided for the offense committed.

The majority opinion concedes that this court, as well' as others, has repeatedly held that a sentence imposed by a district judge…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Williams v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  2. United States v. TuckerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Gore v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
  4. Burns v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  5. Delno v. Market St. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1942

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