UNITED STATES v. LANKFORD

No. 8367.

296 F.2d 34 (1961)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Burnley Horace LANKFORD, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided October 23, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William F. Davis, Suffolk, Va. (Thomas L. Woodward, Suffolk, Va., on brief), for appellant.

Roger T. Williams, Asst. U. S. Atty., Richmond, Va. (C. V. Spratley, Jr., U. S. Atty., and Shanley Keeter, Asst. U. S. Atty., Richmond, Va., on brief), for appellee.

Before SOBELOFF, Chief Judge, BELL, Circuit Judge, and CRAVEN, District Judge.


CRAVEN, District Judge.

This is a criminal case in which appellant was convicted of violations of 18 U.S. C.A. §§ 2312 and 2313, and of participation in a criminal conspiracy in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 371. From a sentence of three years in prison on each of four counts (to be served concurrently) he appeals, seeking a reversal or a new trial.

Seven defendants were named in a fifteen count indictment. Three of the seven were tried together...

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