Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-08-04 18:24:46.067144+00
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VAN DUSEN, Circuit Judge
(dissenting) .
I dissent for the reasons stated in Judge MeLAUGHLIN’s thorough and accurate examination of the prior decisions in this litigation and of the extensive record, and particularly in his legal analysis and discussion which also appeared in his opinion filed March 13, 1967, prior to this court’s granting rehearing. Also, I agree that Judge Body has acted carefully and properly in his handling of this protracted criminal proceeding. The fact that the sentencing judge mentioned in an “offhand remark” a possibly excessive sentence does not justify review of a sentence concededly well within the limits of the applicable statutes. Cf. United States v. DeAngelis, 361 F.2d 788, 790 (3rd Cir.), cert. den. 385 U.S. 834, 87 S.Ct. 77, 17 L.Ed.2d 69 (1966). Congress and this court have repeatedly recognized that review of sentences by the Federal appellate courts is not permitted under these circumstances. See e. g., S. 2722, 89th Cong., S. 823, 88th Cong., S. 1692, 87th Cong., and S. 3914, 86th Cong., H.R. 270, 85th Cong.;1 Gore v. United States, 357 U.S. 386, 393, 78 S.Ct. 1280, 2 L.Ed. 2d 1405 (1958); United States v. Frank, 245 F.2d 284, 288 (3rd Cir.), cert. den. 355 U.S. 819, 78 S.Ct. 25, 2 L.Ed.2d 35 (1957). Appellant was not precluded from including any relevant matters in his Petition for Reconsideration and, *64since the factual contents of that Petition were treated as true at the 1966 argument, no need existed for a hearing.
I believe the order of the District Court should be affirmed.
Judge STALEY concurs in this dissenting opinion.

. None of the above Bills providing for appellate review of federal sentences was enacted by Congress; see, also, “Appellate Review of Sentences,” 32 F.R.D. 249 (1962).