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United States v. Lee

District Court, S.D. West Virginia

Decided October 8, 1974No. Crim. A. Nos. 72-69-CH, 72-71-CHPublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM ORDER

K. K. HALL, District Judge.

Melvin Lee, a prisoner in the federal penal institution at Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, has presented to the Court a petition for modifying or correcting the sentences imposed in this Court in two criminal actions. He identifies himself as petitioner and the United States of America as respondent. His petition asks that the sentences be modified, consistent with the language of 18 U.S.C., § 4208(a)(2), to provide that “the prisoner may become eligible for parole at such time as the board of parole may determine.” In paragraph 3 of his petition he bases…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. United States v. MorganSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  2. United States v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  3. Darr v. BurfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
  4. United States v. MurraySupreme Court of the United States · 1928
  5. United States v. Herbert A. EllenbogenCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1968

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