UNITED STATES v. SCALLION

No. 74-4246.

548 F.2d 1168 (1977)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Claude John SCALLION, Raymond Lynn Buckelew, James Laney Jenkins and Judson Lee Drane, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 18, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas W. Davenport, Jr., Monroe, for Scallion.

Thomas L. Robinson, Memphis, Tenn. (Court appointed), for Buckelew and Jenkins.

Robert W. Laster, Little Rock, Ark. (Court appointed), Michael T. Pulaski, Alexandria, La. (Court appointed), for Drane.

Gerald Isaac Sassoon, amicus curiae (on behalf of appellant Scallion).

Donald E. Walter, U.S. Atty., D. H. Perkins, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., Shreveport, La., Michael W. Farrell, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge, and MILLER, Associate Judge.


MILLER, Associate Judge:

This matter is before us on an amended petition for rehearing by Scallion, filed July 23, 1976, the original petition for rehearing, filed June 30, 1976, having been denied. Because the issue raised by the amended petition is one of first impression in this circuit, namely: the applicability of the Interstate Agreement on Detainers ("Agreement"), the Government was directed to respond to the amended petition. The response was received October...

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