UNITED STATES v. SOLINA

Nos. 83-1200, 83-1232.

733 F.2d 1208 (1984)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Paul SOLINA and Ronnie Bruscino, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 27, 1984.

Rehearing Denied May 31, 1984.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing June 13, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Babione, St. Louis, Mo., Mary M. Runnells, Bloomfield, Ind., for defendants-appellants.

Robert T. Coleman, Asst. U.S. Atty., Frederick J. Hess, U.S. Atty., East St. Louis, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before PELL, POSNER and COFFEY, Circuit Judges.


As Amended on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc June 13, 1984.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

Solina and Bruscino, two inmates at Marion Federal Penitentiary, appeal from their convictions for assaulting a guard, Carter, during a free-for-all in the prison mess. Carter had just taken a knife away from another inmate when (according to the government's evidence) Solina tackled him and Bruscino hit him with a chair...

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