Robert Lee Lewis v. United States

MURRAH, Chief Judge.

On this appeal from an order denying appellant’s motion to modify sentence, appellant has abandoned all the grounds asserted in the trial court and contends instead that the information under which he was prosecuted does not charge any federal offense. The government concedes that this jurisdictional question is properly before this court. Cf. Robinson v. United States (10 C.A.), 263 F.2d 911; Chappell v. United States (9 C.A.), 270 F.2d 274; United States v. Manuszak (3 C.A.), 234 F.2d 421; and Rules 12(b) (2) and 54(a)(1), Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, 18 U.S.C.A.

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