UNITED STATES v. SMITH

Nos. 71-1185, 71-1186.

450 F.2d 312 (1971)

UNITED STATES of America v. Laddie SMITH, Appellant in No. 71-1185, Clark Lumpkin. Appeal of Clark LUMPKIN, in No. 71-1186.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided October 20, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald Rossetti, Martin, Finnegan & Rossetti, Monroeville, Pa., argued for appellant in No. 71-1185.

George E. Schumacher, Schumacher & White, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellant in No. 71-1186.

W. Wendell Stanton, Asst. U. S. Atty., (Richard L. Thornburgh, U. S. Atty., Pittsburgh, Pa., on the brief), for appellee.

Before STALEY, ADAMS and ROSENN, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

PER CURIAM :

Defendants, Smith and Lumpkin, were convicted by a jury of interstate transportation of a stolen motor vehicle and kidnapping.

On August 30, 1969, a car was stolen in Steubenville, Ohio and driven to Carnegie, Pennsylvania, where the ride was ended by a collision between the car and a truck. During the trip, Paul Settles, a hitchhiker, was picked up in Weirton, West Virginia and forced by the occupants to ramain...

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