SMITH v. UNITED STATES

No. 19341.

407 F.2d 356 (1969)

William Clinton SMITH, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

Certiorari Denied June 16, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur Litz, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant.

John A. Newton, Asst. U. S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo., for appellee; Veryl L. Riddle, U. S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo., on the brief.

Before VAN OOSTERHOUT, Chief Judge and MATTHES and BRIGHT, Circuit Judges.


Certiorari Denied June 16, 1969. See 89 S.Ct. 2113.

VAN OOSTERHOUT, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal by defendant, William Clinton Smith, from his conviction by a jury upon an indictment charging him with kidnapping and holding for rape a young lady whom he had transported from St. Louis to Illinois, all in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 1201. Defendant was sentenced to life imprisonment.

Defendant asserts he is entitled to a reversal of his conviction...

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