Boyd Augustine Willis v. United States

289 F.2d 581

Boyd Augustine WILLIS, Appellant,

v.

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

No. 16657.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

April 27, 1961.

Boyd Augustine Willis, pro se.

William H. Webster, U. S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo., and William C. Martin, Asst. U. S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo., on the brief, for appellee.

Before SANBORN, VAN OOSTERHOUT, and MATTHES, Circuit Judges.

MATTHES, Circuit Judge.

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Prior to the initiation of the instant prosecution by information,1 Boyd Augustine Willis, hereinafter referred to as "appellant," had been convicted of a crime of violence, to wit, armed robbery.…