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UNITED STATES v. BURNS

No. 80-7617.

662 F.2d 1378 (1981)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert E. BURNS and Margaret Ann Green, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

December 7, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Jason Uchitel, Decatur, Ga. (court-appointed), for Green and for Burns.

John L. Sims, Hartsell, Ala., for Burns.

Bill Barnett, Holly L. Wiseman, Asst. U. S. Attys., Birmingham, Ala., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GODBOLD, Chief Judge, TJOFLAT and VANCE, Circuit Judges.

VANCE, Circuit Judge:

Robert E. Burns and his daughter Margaret Ann Green appeal their convictions under 18 U.S.C. §§ 2, 2312. We reverse and remand for a new trial because of the district court's error in overruling defendants' motion for change in venue.

Defendants were originally indicted on July 6, 1977. Green was charged with four counts of receiving, transporting and selling stolen vehicles. Burns was charged in two of the counts with receiving...

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