Tesciona
Tesciona v. United States
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Frank Tesciona has filed what he-calls a motion and petition to vacate judg *569 ment and correct sentence, addressed to this court. This court has no jurisdiction to grant such an order. The petition, however, recites that a motion was made in the lower court to correct the judgment and sentence imposed upon Tesciona by the United States District Court for the Southern District of California based upon his claim that several of the counts state but a single offense for which but a single penalty can be imposed. The District Court denied the motion on May 10, 1943 and refused to allow an appeal upon the ground that the .application was without merit, citing our ■decision in O’Brien v. Squier, 9 Cir., 133 F.2d 123 .
In addition to the petition to proceed on appeal in forma pauperis a notice of appeal was filed on July 3, 1943. .The notice and petition were within the period for which an appeal could be taken. Wells v. United States, 318 U.S. 257 , 63 S.Ct. 582 , 87 L.Ed. —; Nye v. United States, 313 U.S. 33, 34 , 61 S.Ct. 810 , 85 L.Ed. 1172 .
The question is whether or not an effective appeal has been taken to this court. If so, the papers now filed by the petitioner may be…