Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Marc Alan JANNEY, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1976-01-16
Citations: 525 F.2d 1208
Docket Number: No. 74-1762
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Marc Alan JANNEY, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before TUTTLE, RONEY and GEE, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 525
Pages: 1208–1209

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Marc Alan JANNEY, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 74-1762.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Jan. 16, 1976.
Ramon (Ray) Ramos, Jr., El Paso, Tex., for defendant-appellant.
William S. Sessions, U. S. Atty., San Antonio, Tex., Ron Ederer, Asst. U. S. Atty., El Paso, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.
Before TUTTLE, RONEY and GEE, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
This case is pending before this Court on remand from the United States Supreme Court. It has been made known to the Court as a fact, supported by the official death certificate of the State of Florida, that appellant, Marc Alan Janney, in the above styled and numbered appeal died in Tallahassee, Florida, on October 4, 1975. Since a criminal prosecution abates ab initio upon the death of an appellant, the case is remanded with directions to the district court to vacate the judgment and dismiss the indictment as to appellant, Janney. Durham v. United States, 401 U.S. 481, 91 S.Ct. 858, 28 L.Ed.2d 200 (1971); United States v. Askew, 441 F.2d 258 (5th Cir. 1971).
Reversed and remanded.