Thomas Williams v. United States

FAHY, Circuit Judge;

Upon conviction of robbery, the punishment for which is prescribed by 22 D.C.Code, § 2901, appellant was given the maximum sentence there authorized, 5 to 15 years. His present appeal 1 is from denial by the District Court of his motion to require the court to credit upon his sentence the time he spent in the District of Columbia jail prior to his trial and sentence.

Congress has required the Attorney General to give an accused person credit for days spent in custody prior to being sentenced “for want of bail set for the offense under which sentence was imposed,” where the…