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UNITED STATES v. THURMAN

No. 82-1196.

687 F.2d 11 (1982)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. THURMAN, Harvin R.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided August 12, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter F. Vaira, U. S. Atty., Walter S. Batty, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Chief, Appellate Section, Jeanne K. Damirgian, Asst. U. S. Atty., Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant.

Daniel M. Preminger, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellee.

Before ALDISERT and WEIS, Circuit Judges, and RE, Chief Judge.

Submitted Under Third Circuit Rule 12(6) August 3, 1982.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ALDISERT, Circuit Judge.

The Fugitive Felon Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1073, makes it a federal crime to flee a state to avoid prosecution for a state felony and provides that violators of § 1073 may be prosecuted only in the federal district in which the original state crime was allegedly committed.1 Under 18 U.S.C. § 2, one who

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