Legal Opinion
Cordovano v. United States
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided October 18, 1978No. 78 Civ. 2711 (MP)Published
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
POLLACK, District Judge.
Joseph F. Cordovano moves to vacate his sentence and for a hearing pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. For the reasons hereafter set forth, the motion is denied.
*1008On June 27, 1972, this Court sentenced Cordovano to 16 years in prison. The sentence was governed by former 18 U.S.C. § 4202 (a similar provision is now codified at 18 U.S.C. § 4205(a)), which makes a prisoner eligible to be considered for parole after serving one-third of his sentence. On January 12, 1976, this Court ordered that “the sentence and judgment imposed on June 27, 1972 is amended to state that…
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