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UNITED STATES v. BENFIELD

No. 78-1665.

593 F.2d 815 (1979)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Russell Wayne BENFIELD, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided March 8, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Pleban, London, Greenberg & Fleming, St. Louis, Mo., argued and on brief, for appellant.

David M. Rosen, Asst. U. S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo., (argued), and Robert D. Kingsland, U. S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo., on brief, for appellee.

Before GIBSON, Chief Judge, and BRIGHT and HENLEY, Circuit Judges.

GIBSON, Chief Judge.

A jury found Russell Wayne Benfield guilty of misprision of a felony in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 41 and acquitted him of being an accessory after the fact to kidnapping in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 3.2 After being sentenced to prison for two years on the misprision charge, Benfield brings this appeal. We reverse and remand.

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