United States v. Harold Martin Brest

MARIS, Circuit Judge.

The appellant was convicted in the District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on January 20, 1937 on his pleas of guilty of kidnapping, bank robbery and violation of the National Motor Vehicle Theft Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 10, 2311-2313. He was sentenced to life imprisonment on the kidnapping indictment, to twenty-five years imprisonment on the bank robbery indictment, and to five years imprisonment on the motor vehicle theft charge, the sentences to run concurrently. It appears that he was not advised of his right to have counsel at his arraignment. Accordingly…