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EDWARDS v. UNITED STATES

No. 77-1531.

574 F.2d 937 (1978)

Homer Gene EDWARDS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided March 13, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Homer Gene Edwards, pro se.

Ronald S. Reed, Jr., U. S. Atty. and Frederick O. Griffin, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Kansas City, Mo., for appellee.

Before BRIGHT, STEPHENSON and HENLEY, Circuit Judges.

BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

Homer Gene Edwards was convicted on May 18, 1973, for heroin distribution and sentenced to ten years' imprisonment. The district judge, in sentencing Edwards, employed 18 U.S.C. § 4208(a)(2) (1970),1 which specifies that "the prisoner may become eligible for parole at such time as the board of parole may determine." On April 15, 1977, Edwards filed the present action...

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