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UNITED STATES v. HOUSE

No. 86-1120.

808 F.2d 508 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. George HOUSE, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 29, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Thomas Day, Asst. Fed. Pub. Defender, St. Louis, Mo., for defendant-appellant.

Frederick J. Hess, U.S. Atty., Laura J. Jones, Asst. U.S. Atty., East St. Louis, Il., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, and CUMMINGS and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

While serving a federal sentence that does not expire until 2005, to be followed by 30 years' imprisonment in Mississippi, George House stabbed to death Jack Callison, a fellow prisoner. He pleaded guilty to manslaughter, see 18 U.S.C. § 1112, under a plea bargain. The government dropped a murder charge and promised to recommend that the judge sentence House to ten years' imprisonment, consecutive to his existing sentence. The court...

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