GODWIN v. UNITED STATES

No. 14177.

185 F.2d 411 (1950)

GODWIN v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

December 13, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sherman Albert Godwin, pro se.

R. S. Wilson, U. S. Atty., and Charles A. Beasley, Jr., and David R. Boatright, Asst. U. S. Attys., all of Fort Smith, Ark., for appellee.

Before SANBORN, JOHNSEN, and RIDDICK, Circuit Judges.


SANBORN, Circuit Judge.

The appellant, who will be referred to as defendant, seeks a reversal of a judgment and sentence of imprisonment entered May 10, 1950, upon the verdict of a jury, which found him guilty of having escaped from the jail of Miller County, Arkansas, on or about May 30, 1949.

The defendant was indicted in the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Florida on November 5, 1947, for a violation of the Motor Vehicle...

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