UNITED STATES v. SHILLINGFORD

No. 77-1787.

586 F.2d 372 (1978)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dennis Paul SHILLINGFORD, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 14, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George M. Strickler, Jr., New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellant.

Robert E. Hauberg, U. S. Atty., James B. Tucker, Asst. U. S. Atty., Jackson, Miss., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before COLEMAN, CLARK and RUBIN, Circuit Judges.


CHARLES CLARK, Circuit Judge:

A shoot-out between Shillingford and his co-defendants and state and federal officers left one policeman dead and another policeman and an FBI agent wounded. Because of his participation in the incident, Shillingford was indicted by a Mississippi state grand jury for murder and by a federal grand jury for violations of various criminal statutes. Count one of the federal indictment alleged that the defendants conspired to assault federal...

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