UNITED STATES v. EASOM

No. 77-1500.

569 F.2d 457 (1978)

UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. John Franklin EASOM, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided January 18, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Calhoun, Little Rock, Ark., argued and filed brief, for appellant.

John F. Easom, filed a pro se brief.

W. H. Dillahunty, U. S. Atty., and Robert L. Neighbors, Asst. U. S. Atty. (argued), Little Rock, Ark., on brief, for appellee.

Before LAY, BRIGHT and HENLEY, Circuit Judges.


LAY, Circuit Judge.

Defendant John Franklin Easom was convicted of attempting to escape from the custody of a United States Marshal in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 751(a) and a separate count of conspiracy to escape in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371. On appeal the defendant asserts that the trial court erred in failing to grant his motion for acquittal for insufficiency of the evidence to support his conviction on either count; in failing to grant him a separate...

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