Allen G. Rader v. United States

The history of this case from its inception in 1958 is stated accurately and in detail by Judge Miller in United States v. Rader, D.C., 196 F.Supp. 841. That opinion clearly shows that no appeal was taken by Rader from the judgment and sentence based upon his pleas of guilty, and that even if the notice of election not to commence service of sentence, filed on August 11, 1958 (quoted on page 845 of 196 F.Supp.), were to be regarded as a notice of appeal — as Rader asserts it should be — the appeal was obviously abandoned by his failure to make any attempt to prosecute it and by his subsequent…