UNITED STATES v. FREE

No. 77-5172.

574 F.2d 1221 (1978)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Willie Cruso FREE, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 12, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Bleil and James Davis, Texarkana, Tex. (court-appointed), for defendant-appellant.

John H. Hannah, Jr., U. S. Atty., Otis W. Carroll, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Tyler, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before THORNBERRY, RONEY, and HILL, Circuit Judges.


JAMES C. HILL, Circuit Judge:

The facts in the case on appeal reveal a grim picture of life in a federal prison. Under the "watchful" eye of the prison administration, the defendant, a prisoner in a federal correctional institution, threatened fellow prisoners with death and injury unless they engaged in homosexual relations with him. The evidence showed that at least two prisoners succumbed to the defendant. This case, however, involves the defendant's killing of...

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