UNITED STATES v. BUCHANAN

No. 75-1585.

529 F.2d 1148 (1975)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Roosevelt BUCHANAN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 30, 1975.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied January 30, 1976.

Certiorari Denied April 26, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Shaw, Allan Goodloe, Jr., Clayton, Mo., for defendant-appellant.

Henry A. Schwarz, U. S. Atty., William C. Evers, Ill., Asst. U. S. Atty., E. St. Louis, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before FAIRCHILD, Chief Judge, and SWYGERT and TONE, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied January 30, 1976.

Certiorari Denied April 26, 1976. See 96 S.Ct. 1725.

PER CURIAM.

On March 4, 1975, a person who had entered the United States Post Office in East Carondelet, Illinois, struck the postmistress, Charlotte H. Wheatley, on the head with an iron instrument. Ms. Wheatley suffered multiple skull fractures and brain lacerations from which she died on March 11, 1975. At the time of the assault four United...

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