BARNES v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 17914, 17915.

347 F.2d 925 (1965)

Leon BARNES, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee. George CHILDRESS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

June 30, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Anson, of Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis, Minn., for Barnes and Childress.

Hartley Nordin, Asst. U. S. Atty., Minneapolis, Minn., Miles W. Lord, U. S. Atty., Minneapolis, Minn., for appellee.

Before VAN OOSTERHOUT, BLACKMUN and MEHAFFY, Circuit Judges.


VAN OOSTERHOUT, Circuit Judge.

Defendants Barnes and Childress were jointly indicted, tried and convicted by a jury upon a charge of assault on a person in lawful custody of mail with intent to rob mail, made in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 2114. Each defendant was sentenced to eight years imprisonment. The defendants have taken and prosecuted separate timely appeals from the final judgment of conviction. Since the appeals...

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