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GODWIN v. UNITED STATES

No. 14396.

191 F.2d 932 (1951)

GODWIN v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 14, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bert B. Larey, Texarkana, Ark., for appellant.

R. S. Wilson, U. S. Atty., and Charles A. Beasley, Jr. and Hugh M. Bland, Asst. U. S. Attys., Fort Smith, Ark., for appellee.

Before GARDNER, Chief Judge, and WOODROUGH and RIDDICK, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

Sherman Albert Godwin was sentenced to a term of imprisonment for a year and a day upon a verdict of a jury which found him guilty of having escaped from the Miller County, Arkansas, jail. His motion in arrest of judgment was overruled and he appealed to this court. The order denying the motion was affirmed. In its opinion this court said: "At the time of his escape, the defendant [Godwin] was a federal prisoner in custody by virtue of process issued under...

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