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UNITED STATES v. TANNER

No. 77-5682 Summary Calendar.

571 F.2d 334 (1978)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Willie C. TANNER, Anthony Cleveland and Arnold L. Swain, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 17, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Stephen Kahn (court-appointed), Tallahassee, Fla., for Tanner.

Kenneth R. Hart (court-appointed), Tallahassee, Fla., for Cleveland.

Clinton H. Coulter, Jr. (court-appointed), Tallahassee, Fla., for Swain.

Nickolas P. Geeker, U. S. Atty., Pensacola, Fla., Donald S. Modesitt, Asst. U. S. Atty., Tallahassee, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before THORNBERRY, GODBOLD and RUBIN, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Appellants Swain, Cleveland, and Tanner, inmates of the Federal Correctional Institution ("FCI"), Tallahassee, Florida, were convicted of holding hostage, and aiding and abetting each other in holding hostage, three prison workers, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2, 7, 13, and Fla.Stat.Ann. 787.01(1)(a)(1); conveying weapons from place to place within a federal correctional institution, 18 U.S.C. § 1792; and unlawfully...

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