Williams v. United States

HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.

Field under sentences1 of the United States District Court for the Western Dis*924trict of Louisiana, appellant, claiming that one of the sentences was invalid, sought by motion to vacate it. The district judge denied the motion, and appellant has brought the matter here by appeal. Here he makes two contentions. One is that the original judgment placing him on probation was void because it provided for a ten year probation, while the statute limits the probation period to five years. Cf. Sanford v. King, 5 Cir., 136 F.2d 106. The second contention is that the two…