UNITED STATES v. FORTUNE

No. 74-3125.

513 F.2d 883 (1975)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Larry Fate FORTUNE and Wayne William Barfield, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied August 18, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ardon E. Moore, Jr., Tyler, Tex. (Court-appointed), for Fortune.

Dale Long, Tyler, Tex. (Court-appointed), for Barfield.

Roby Hadden, U. S. Atty., H. Kelly Ireland, Asst. U. S. Atty., Tyler, Tex., Dennis R. Lewis, Asst. U. S. Atty., Beaumont, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WISDOM and DYER, Circuit Judges, and KRAFT, District Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied August 18, 1975.

WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

Appellants Wayne Barfield and Larry Fate Fortune, together with Peter Gaston Kaiser, were convicted by a jury on a thirteen-count indictment that charged them with numerous federal offenses1 related to the kidnaping of James Hoover, a Georgia stockbroker. On appeal, Barfield contends that the trial court erred in not granting his motion for judgment...

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