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JORDAN v. UNITED STATES

No. 9458.

350 A.2d 735 (1976)

James F. JORDAN, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided January 29, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas C. Dodge, Washington, D.C., appointed by this court, for appellant.

Harry R. Benner, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry, James F. McMullin and Michael G. Scheininger, Asst. U.S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before REILLY, Chief Judge, and KELLY and NEBEKER, Associate Judges.

REILLY, Chief Judge:

This is an appeal from an order denying a motion to withdraw a guilty plea. The appellant and two fellow convicts escaped from Lorton Reformatory in Virginia, commandeered an automobile, and forced its two occupants to accompany them into the District of Columbia where they were released. One of the occupants, a woman, was robbed at knifepoint by the trio sometime before she and her companion were set free.

The appellant was apprehended...

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