Sharp v. United States

Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals

Decided Jan. 25, 1932.

Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals · decided 1932-01-25

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently February 1943

2 federal appellate ·

2 counsel of record

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Opinion by (per_curiam) · Decided 1932-01-25

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¶1B. A. Davis, Jr., of Rockymount, Va. (B. G. Garrett, of Roanoke, Va., on the brief), for appellant.

¶2C. E. Gentry, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Charlottesville, Va. (John Paul, U. S. Atty., of Harrisonburg, Va., on the brief), for the United States.

¶3Before PARKER and SOPER, Circuit Judges, and MEEKINS, District Judge.

¶4PER CURIAM.

¶5A careful examination of the record convinces us that the judgment below should be affirmed, and that the points raised do not justify any extended discussion. There was ample evidence that'appellant was guilty of the crime charged. The judge below was within his discretion in hearing evidence as to the prior conduct of appellant, in deciding what punishment to impose upon her. And the punishment imposed was within the limit fixed by the statute.

¶6There was no error, and the judgment below will be affirmed.