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MEADOR v. UNITED STATES

No. 19423.

341 F.2d 381 (1965)

James Henry MEADOR, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

February 4, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. McCall, Breed, Robinson & Stewart, Oakland, Cal., for appellant.

Jo Ann D. Diamos, U. S. Atty., Tom Karas, Richard Gormley, Asst. U. S. Attys., Phoenix, Ariz., for appellee.

Before ORR, BARNES and KOELSCH, Circuit Judges.

ORR, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Meador was charged and convicted of the crime of kidnapping. 18 U.S.C. § 1201. The facts are as follows. Meador and two others were confined in the county jail in Florence, Arizona. They feigned illness and prevailed upon a Deputy Sheriff to take them to a hospital for treatment. During the trip to the hospital the defendants overpowered the deputy and secured his gun. They then entered a Sheriff's car and drove toward Phoenix. They...

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