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BRELAND v. UNITED STATES

No. 23163.

372 F.2d 629 (1967)

Billy Ray BRELAND and Allen Ellender Chance, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

February 14, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry B. Friedman, Texarkana, Tex., for appellants.

H. D. Nicholson, Asst. U. S. Atty., Wm. Wayne Justice, U. S. Atty., E. D. Texas, for appellee.

Before WISDOM, COLEMAN, and GODBOLD, Circuit Judges.

COLEMAN, Circuit Judge.

These appellants were jointly indicted, tried, convicted, and sentenced to five years imprisonment for escape from the Federal Correctional Institution at Texarkana, Texas, in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 751. With the assistance of court appointed counsel they have prosecuted their appeal in forma pauperis. We affirm.

On April 21, 1965, Billy Ray Breland was serving a twenty-year sentence...

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