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UNITED STATES v. JONES

No. 73-2220.

508 F.2d 1271 (1975)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. James Ellsworth JONES, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided January 7, 1975.

Certiorari Denied April 28, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glenn M. Hodge, Harrisonburg, Va. (W. W. Wharton, Harrisonburg, Va. [Court-appointed counsel], and Wharton, Aldhizer & Weaver, Harrisonburg, Va., on brief), for appellant.

Leigh B. Hanes, Jr., U. S. Atty. (Ronald D. Hodges, Asst. U. S. Atty., on brief), for appellee.

Before BRYAN, Senior Circuit Judge, and CRAVEN and FIELD, Circuit Judges.

Certiorari Denied April 28, 1975. See 95 S.Ct. 1684.

ALBERT V. BRYAN, Senior Circuit Judge:

Prosecuted for kidnaping as it is condemned in 18 U.S.C. § 1201, James Ellsworth Jones was returned guilty by a jury and sentenced to life imprisonment. The judgment will be affirmed.

His defense at trial and here is twofold: (a) that due to amnesia he was so mentally incompetent as to be unable to assist in his own defense, and (b) the evidence did not...

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