HEASLEY v. UNITED STATES

No. 17076.

312 F.2d 641 (1963)

Fay HEASLEY, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

January 16, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leo J. Beauclair, of Lyons & Beauclair, Valley City, N. D., for appellant.

John O. Garaas, U. S. Atty., Fargo, N. D., for appellee.

Before JOHNSEN, Chief Judge, and MATTHES and RIDGE, Circuit Judges.


RIDGE, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, having been sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment for criminal contempt, prosecutes this appeal claiming his judgment and sentence are illegal and void because — (1) the temporary injunction which he violated was no longer in full force and effect and therefore he was improperly adjudged to be in contempt of a null and void order of the District Court; (2) his eighteen months' sentence is excessive and unusual and should...

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