McDONNELL v. UNITED STATES

No. 71-1458.

457 F.2d 1049 (1972)

Robert Owen McDONNELL, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided April 13, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gene R. Bushnell, Rapid City, S. D., for appellant.

Richard D. Hurd, Asst. U. S. Atty., William F. Clayton, U. S. Atty., Sioux Falls, S. D., for appellee.

Before LAY, BRIGHT and STEPHENSON, Circuit Judges.


BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

A jury convicted Robert Owen McDonnell of attempted escape from federal custody while being held on a felony charge in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 751. McDonnell brings this appeal, arguing: 1) that he was denied his Sixth Amendment rights to effective assistance of counsel and compulsory process for obtaining witnesses; 2) that the trial court erred in refusing to grant a mistrial after one juror asked the prosecutor a question during a trial...

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