COX v. CROUSE

No. 9122.

376 F.2d 824 (1967)

Eddie David COX, Appellant, v. Sherman H. CROUSE, Warden, Kansas State Penitentiary, Lansing, Kansas, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit.

April 18, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard F. Waters, Junction City, Kan., for appellant.

Richard H. Seaton, Asst. Atty. Gen. of State of Kansas, for appellee.

Before MURRAH, Chief Judge, HILL, Circuit Judge, and EUBANKS, District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

Background facts necessary for a proper understanding of the issues raised in this appeal are not presently in dispute. On October 31, 1959, police officer, Lyle Koberstein, took the appellant, Eddie David Cox, into custody as suspected of passing a "no good" check at a jewelry store in Junction City, Kansas. After placing Cox in a police car and driving a short distance toward the station the appellant "whipped out his gun" and directed the policeman...

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