UNITED STATES v. SHEPPARD

No. 77-1364.

569 F.2d 114 (1977)

UNITED STATES of America v. Herman SHEPPARD, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided December 2, 1977.

Rehearing Denied February 24, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew S. Krulwich, Washington, D. C. (appointed by this court), for appellant.

Jonathan Lash, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., and John A. Terry and William D. Pease, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, and WRIGHT and ROBB, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the court filed by J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

Defendant Herman Sheppard was convicted by a jury of kidnapping "for the purpose of rape and assault" in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1201(a) (Supp. V 1975) and 22 D.C.Code § 2101 (1973), as well as related firearms offenses.1 His argument on appeal of these convictions is that the kidnapping offense with which he was charged...

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