Spencer Lee Roddy v. United States

MURRAH, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Roddy was convicted on pleas of guilty for participation in two bank robberies — the first in New Mexico, the latter in Arizona. He was first convicted and sentenced in Arizona for the latter offense and received an indeterminate sentence under § 5010(b) of the Youth Corrections Act of 1950, 18 U.S.C. § 5005 et seq. Since he was over twenty-two years old, the court was required to and did affirmatively find that Youth Act treatment would be beneficial under 18 U.S.C. § 4209. 1 At the time of sentencing, the Arizona judge was aware that Roddy was a prime suspect…