Atkins v. United States
Atkins v. United States
Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
By this pro se motion filed pursuant to Section 2255, 28 U.S.C., petitioner seeks to vacate sentence imposed upon him on May
The sole ground of the present motion to vacate is that the consecutive sentences were violative of the double jeopardy claims of the Fifth Amendment, in that the two counts of the indictment constituted a single offense and that the facts the government was required to prove as to each count were the same.
The motion to vacate is frivolous. Count I charged a distribution of heroin on or about August 2, 1972 while Count II charges a distribution of another quantity of heroin on or about August 16,1972. The government proved that petitioner had in fact sold heroin to an informant on two separate occasions in August, 1972. Each sale constituted a separate offense, particularly where, as here, the sales were made on different days. It follows that the motion to vacate should be denied.
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- Full Case Name
- Sylvester ATKINS v. United States
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