UNITED STATES v. WILSON

Nos. 80-1985, 80-1986.

665 F.2d 825 (1981)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Jerry Lee WILSON, Appellant. Norman Karl SCOTT, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 4, 1981.

Rehearing Denied February 26, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond C. Conrad, Jr., Federal Public Defender, W. D. Missouri, for appellants in both cases. Philip M. Moomaw, argued, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Springfield, Mo., for appellant in No. 80-1985.

Gregory K. Johnson, argued, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Springfield, Mo., for appellant in No. 80-1986.

J. Whitfield Moody, U. S. Atty., Michael A. Jones, argued, Asst. U. S. Atty., Springfield, Mo., for plaintiff-appellee in both cases.

Before HEANEY, BRIGHT, and STEPHENSON, Circuit Judges.


BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

Norman Karl Scott and Jerry Lee Wilson appeal their convictions for first degree murder, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1111, 2 (1976), and conspiracy to murder, 18 U.S.C. § 1117 (1976). Both received concurrent life sentences after a jury convicted them in a joint trial of killing James Frederick Tandy while all were inmates at the Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Springfield, Missouri (MCFP).

In this appeal both contend that the...

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