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DIXON v. UNITED STATES

No. 16690.

295 F.2d 396 (1961)

Leonard Thomas DIXON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

October 25, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Hullverson, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant.

Clark A. Ridpath, Asst. U. S. Atty., Kansas City, Mo., F. Russell Millin, U. S. Atty., Kansas City, Mo., and Kenneth H. Taylor, Asst. U. S. Atty., Kansas City, Mo., on the brief, for appellee.

Before SANBORN, MATTHES and RIDGE, Circuit Judges.

MATTHES, Circuit Judge.

In this Dyer Act case1 the defendant was found guilty by a jury and upon judgment being pronounced, was sentenced to imprisonment for a two-year term. The district court permitted notice of appeal to be filed without payment of fee but denied the defendant leave to perfect his appeal in forma pauperis on the ground that the appeal was "entirely without merit." Upon consideration of the agreed statement of the case...

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