UNITED STATES v. MORRIS

No. 71-1259.

451 F.2d 969 (1971)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. James Franklin MORRIS, Jr., Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

December 9, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Warder, Rapid City, S. D., for appellant.

Robert D. Hiaring, Asst. U. S. Atty., Sioux Falls, S. D., for appellee.

Before LAY, HEANEY and STEPHENSON, Circuit Judges.


STEPHENSON, Circuit Judge.

James Franklin Morris, Jr. appeals from his jury conviction for willful and unlawful escape from custody, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 751(a). District Judge Andrew W. Bogue sentenced appellant to a term of two years imprisonment.

On the date of the escape, July 21, 1970, appellant was being held at the Lawrence County Jail at Deadwood, South Dakota upon a commitment and federal grand jury indictment for passing counterfeit federal...

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