UNITED STATES v. RAGSDALE

No. 30056 Summary Calendar.

438 F.2d 21 (1971)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. William Paul RAGSDALE, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied and Rehearing Denied April 1, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Fullan, Jr., Beddow, Embry & Beddow, Birmingham, Ala., for defendant-appellant.

Ira deMont, U. S. Atty., D. Broward Segrest, Asst. U. S. Atty., Montgomery, Ala., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before THORNBERRY, MORGAN and CLARK, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing Denied and Rehearing En Banc Denied April 1, 1971.

CLARK, Circuit Judge:

William Paul Ragsdale, Sheriff of Lee County, Alabama, was prosecuted in the court below under a five-count indictment charging separate substantive violations of 18 U.S.C.A. § 242 (1969). The first three counts alleged brutality toward male inmates. The fourth and fifth counts charged sexual misconduct with a female inmate. A trial by jury resulted in a verdict of guilty...

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