Legal Opinion
United States v. James William Bruce and Murray A. Woodworth, A/K/A Thomas Earl Hardin, A/K/A John C. Wilson
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 11, 1997No. 96-1652, 96-1701PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.
Defendant-Appellant Murray A. Wood-worth and Defendant-Appellant James William Bruce (Defendants) met while the two were serving time in the federal penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas for armed bank robbery. When Woodworth was paroled, he was transferred to a prison in his native Canada, where he was to serve a life sentence for being a habitual criminal. Bruce also finished his sentence and was released. In late 1993, Woodworth escaped from the Canadian prison and met up with Bruce again in Michigan. It was at this point that they began making and…
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