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UNITED STATES v. LECHOCO

No. 75-1831.

542 F.2d 84 (1976)

UNITED STATES of America v. Napoleon B. LECHOCO, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided September 23, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacob A. Stein, (appointed by this court) and Joseph Borkin, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Peter E. George, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U.S. Atty., John A. Terry and William H. Collins, Jr., Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on the brief for appellee.

Mary-Elizabeth Medaglia, and James F. McMullin, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., at the time the record was filed, also entered appearances for appellee.

Before MacKINNON and WILKEY, Circuit Judges, and MERHIGE, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Opinion for the Court filed by MERHIGE, District Judge.

MERHIGE, District Judge:

Appellant, hereinafter referred to as Lechoco, convicted of kidnapping and other offenses arising from his holding of the Philippine Ambassador to the United States as a hostage on November 18, 1974, appeals.

A brief recitation of the factual background is relevant to an understanding of the issues before the Court. Lechoco, a native and a practicing lawyer of the Philippines...

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