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UNITED STATES v. SPICER

No. 76-3049 Summary Calendar.

547 F.2d 1228 (1977)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. David SPICER, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 2, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Wallace, Marianna, Fla. (Court-appointed), for defendant-appellant.

Nicholas P. Geeker, U. S. Atty., Pensacola, Fla., Clifford L. Davis, Asst. U. S. Atty., Tallahassee, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, and GEWIN and MORGAN, Circuit Judges.

JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:

Without a Jolly Roger from the mast, this is non-violent contemporary piracy from, of all things, the United States Marshal. This comes from Defendant Spicer's appeal from a conviction for violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 2233,1 for forceably rescuing or dispossessing the Marshal from his lawful custody of a seagoing tug. Although Spicer raises a variety of claims of trial court error, they can all be narrowed...

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