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UNITED STATES v. RICHARDS

Nos. 14709, 14710.

442 F.2d 922 (1971)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Franklin Dwight RICHARDS, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Claude Dean AKERS, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided May 18, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles T. Leighton (Court-appointed counsel), Falls Church, Va., for appellants.

David H. Hopkins, Asst. U. S. Atty., (Brian P. Gettings, U. S. Atty., on the brief) for appellee.

Before BOREMAN, WINTER and CRAVEN, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Franklin Dwight Richards and Claude Dean Akers were convicted in separate trials on charges of kidnapping and rape. We affirm.

On September 7, 1969, a white male, displaying a revolver, forced one Miss X1 into a car driven by a Negro male in Washington, D. C. While in the car she was raped by the white male who was subsequently identified as the defendant Akers. They then drove to a wooded area along the George Washington...

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