Vincent Amato v. United States
This text of 374 F.2d 36 (Vincent Amato v. United States) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
OPINION OP THE COURT
This is an appeal from the refusal of a sentencing court, long after conviction and commitment, to reduce a sentence by the number of days of the appellant’s, incarceration while awaiting trial.
The sentence in question was substantially less than the maximum provided by Congress. The judge who denied the-present request fbr relief is the judge who imposed the sentence originally. This sentence was imposed long before' the effective date of the provision of the Bail Reform Act of 1966 concerning credit for presentence incarceration.
The judgment will be affirmed.
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