WITHERSPOON v. PURKETT

No. 99-1328.

210 F.3d 901 (2000)

Charles L. WITHERSPOON, Appellant, v. James D. PURKETT, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided April 14, 2000.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied June 1, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher E. McGraugh, St. Louis, MO, argued, for Appellant.

Frank A. Jung, Jefferson City, MO, argued, for Appellee.

Before BEAM, HEANEY, and HANSEN, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied June 1, 2000.

HANSEN, Circuit Judge.

During a confrontation over damage to his automobile, Charles Witherspoon, then age sixteen, shot and killed another young man after being surrounded by the victim and several of his friends. Pursuant to his counsel's recommendation, Witherspoon pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and armed criminal action, in return for the prosecutor's recommendation for two concurrent twenty...

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