UNITED STATES v. TURPIN

No. 81-2437.

698 F.2d 351 (1983)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. James W. TURPIN, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided January 18, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Murry A. Marks, J.D., Clayton, Mo., for appellant.

Thomas E. Dittmeier, U.S. Atty., Timothy J. Wilson, Asst. U.S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo., for appellee.

Before ROSS and McMILLIAN, Circuit Judges, and ALSOP, District Judge.


McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge.

James W. Turpin appeals from a final judgment entered in the District Court1 for the Eastern District of Missouri upon a jury verdict finding him guilty of attempting to make the track and other railroad property hazardous to work and use, with the intent to derail, disable, and wreck a train, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1992. The district court sentenced appellant to five years imprisonment. For reversal...

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