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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT
| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
GEORGE LEWIS SLOAN,
Defendant - Appellant. |
No. 01-7140
DC. No. 99-CR-89-S
(Eastern District of Oklahoma) |
Before BRISCOE, PORFILIO, and MURPHY, Circuit
Judges.
On appeal, George Lewis Sloan contended that the district court erred in
re-calculating his sentence after remand from this court. While the appeal was
pending, however, Mr. Sloan died. "[D]eath pending direct review of a criminal
conviction abates not only the appeal but also all proceedings had in the
prosecution from its inception.'" United States v. Davis, 953 F.2d 1482, 1486
(10th Cir. 1992) (quoting Durham v. United States, 402 U.S. 481, 483 (1971)
(per curiam), overruled on other grounds, Dove v. United States, 423 U.S. 325
(1976) (per curiam)). Accordingly, the case is remanded to the district court with
directions to vacate the judgment of conviction and dismiss the underlying
indictment. See id. The mandate shall issue forthwith.
Entered for the Court
Per Curiam
FOOTNOTES
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*.This order and judgment is not binding
precedent, except under the
doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, and collateral estoppel. The court
general disfavors the citation of orders and judgments; nevertheless, an order and
judgment may be cited under the terms and conditions of 10th Cir. R. 36.3.
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