UNITED STATES v. FOWLER

No. 72-1042.

476 F.2d 1091 (1973)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sam Lee FOWLER, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 4, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George R. Ripplinger, Jr., Belleville, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

Henry A. Schwarz, U. S. Atty., Frederick J. Hess, Asst. U. S. Atty., E. St. Louis, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before KILEY and STEVENS, Circuit Judges, and KILKENNY, Senior Circuit Judge.


KILEY, Circuit Judge.

Defendant Fowler, a sixteen year old boy, was committed to the custody of the United States Attorney General "during his minority" following a proceeding in which he was found delinquent because of his participation in the burglary of a United States post office.1 He has appealed. We reverse.

Fowler was arrested as a suspect in the burglary of the post office in...

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