DORTCH v. UNITED STATES

No. 11736.

203 F.2d 709 (1953)

DORTCH v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

April 17, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leland H. Logan, Bowling Green, Ky. (Richard A. Robertson, Owensboro, Ky., Myers & Logan, Bowling Green, Ky., on the brief), for appellant.

David C. Walls and Charles F. Wood, Louisville, Ky., for appellee.

Before SIMONS, Chief Judge, and MARTIN and McALLISTER, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

The appeal in this case involves the issue of whether appellant is entitled to reversal of his conviction and sentence in a criminal case upon the alleged ground that he has been unconstitutionally placed in double jeopardy.

Briefly stated, the facts are that he had been indicted jointly with another person for the commission of a serious federal criminal offense involving the blowing up by dynamite of a railroad bridge. Upon trial by jury, his...

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