UNITED STATES v. STEARNS

Nos. 82-1545, 82-1558 and 82-1777.

707 F.2d 391 (1983)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Stephanie Kay STEARNS, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Buck Duane WALKER, aka Roy A. Allen, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided May 31, 1983.

As Corrected June 17, 1983.

As Corrected on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing August 4, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard I. Weinglass, Los Angeles, Cal., Earle A. Partington, Honolulu, Hawaii, for defendants-appellants.

Patty Merkamp Stemler, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BROWNING, Chief Judge, WRIGHT and WALLACE, Circuit Judges.


As Corrected on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc August 4, 1983.

EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

Eleanor and Malcolm Graham disappeared without a trace in August 1974. Their boat appeared in October in the possession of the appellants, Stearns and Walker, who claimed that the Grahams had drowned. Appellants were charged with theft and convicted, and Walker's conviction was vacated and later dismissed on speedy trial grounds. See U. S. v. Walker...

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