UNITED STATES v. FOUNTAIN

Nos. 71-1071, 71-1166.

449 F.2d 629 (1971)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Donald Elvin FOUNTAIN, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Gordon Alva LANGFORD, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

September 28, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tom Lehnert, Rapid City, S. D., for Donald Elvin Fountain.

Robert A. Warder, Rapid City, S. D., for Gordon Alva Langford.

William F. Clayton, U. S. Atty., Sioux Falls, S. D., Richard D. Hurd, David R. Gienapp, Asst. U. S. Attys., for appellee.

Before LAY, HEANEY and BRIGHT, Circuit Judges.


BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

Defendants Donald Elvin Fountain and Gordon Alva Langford, after a joint trial, were found guilty by a jury of transporting a kidnapped victim and a stolen motor vehicle in interstate commerce in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1201 and 18 U.S.C. § 2312. The district court sentenced Fountain to life imprisonment on the kidnapping charge and five years on the motor vehicle transportation charge, both sentences to be served concurrently. Langford...

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