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UNITED STATES v. SHERMAN

Nos. 78-2492, 78-2493.

581 F.2d 1358 (1978)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. John William SHERMAN, and Therese Ann Coupez, Defendants; Seattle Times Company, a Delaware Corporation, and John Arthur Wilson, Petitioners-Appellants. SEATTLE TIMES COMPANY, a Delaware Corporation, and John Arthur Wilson, Petitioners, v. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR the WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

September 14, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

P. Cameron DeVore (argued), of Davis, Wright, Todd, Reise & Jones, Seattle, Wash., for defendants.

Jerald Olson, Asst. U. S. Atty. (argued), Seattle, Wash., for plaintiff.

Before TRASK, GOODWIN, and TANG, Circuit Judges.

TANG, Circuit Judge.

This opinion explains the circumstances under which this court issued its order of July 24, 1978 granting petitioner's application for emergency relief, and the reasons such relief was appropriate.

On July 12, 1978, a jury in the Western District of Washington returned a guilty verdict against John William Sherman and Therese Ann Coupez. Sherman and Coupez had been accused of armed bank robbery, and each had admitted the acts charged in...

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