Court Opinion

ID: 9445790
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-03 21:38:15.141438+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:30:24.553206
License: Public Domain

BURGER, Circuit Judge,
I concur in the result reached but reference to “the severity of the total *538sentence” leads me to suggest (1) that the quantum of a sentence is beyond our jurisdiction and competence and (2) there is no basis in the whole record for regarding this sentence as severe. The record shows that the appellant was indicted for three offenses: the theft of a government check, forgery of the check, and uttering. He entered plea of guilty as to the second and third counts of the indictment when the first count was dismissed. The record refers to the appellant’s probation report which the trial judge had before him and this, like other elements entering into the sentence, is neither available to us nor proper for our consideration.