HIXSON v. HOUSEWRIGHT

No. 80-1625.

642 F.2d 242 (1981)

Kenneth HIXSON, Appellant, v. Vernon HOUSEWRIGHT, Commissioner of Corrections, Attorney General of the State of Arkansas and State of Arkansas, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided March 4, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert S. Blatt, Fort Smith, Ark., for appellant.

Dennis R. Molock, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, Ark., for appellee.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, BENNETT, United States Court of Claims Judge, and HENLEY, Circuit Judge.


BENNETT, Judge.

On October 27, 1978, appellant, Kenneth Hixson, was convicted in the Circuit Court, Fort Smith District, Sebastian County, Arkansas, of unlawfully, feloniously, and knowingly obtaining an aggregate sum of money in excess of $2,500 by deception, with the purpose of depriving the owners, the membership of three Baptist churches in Fort Smith (Trinity, Temple, and Eastside) of their funds by promising to deliver church directories to the churches, but...

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