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UNITED STATES v. WILLIAMS

No. 77-5200.

568 F.2d 464 (1978)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. George Keith WILLIAMS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 27, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wayne S. Hyatt, Atlanta, Ga. (Court-appointed), for defendant-appellant.

Wm. L. Harper, U. S. Atty., Atlanta, Ga., C. Brian McDonald, Atty., Drew S. Days, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, and THORNBERRY and MORGAN, Circuit Judges.

THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:

In February 1975, a 56-year-old illiterate maintenance worker was allegedly beaten by three deputy sheriffs and one policeman. Appellant Williams, then a deputy, and three other defendants were indicted by a federal grand jury in the Northern District of Georgia for violating the man's civil rights in contravention of 18 U.S.C. § 242. All four were convicted in a jury trial in May 1976, but the district court granted defendants' motion...

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