WINTERS v. UNITED STATES

No. 77-1832.

582 F.2d 1152 (1978)

David WINTERS, Defendant-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 24, 1978.

Certiorari Denied October 30, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Professor Charles F. Crutchfield, Dale Belock (law student), Notre Dame, Ind., for defendant-appellant.

John S. Leonardo, Asst. U. S. Atty., South Bend, Ind., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before PELL and BAUER, Circuit Judges, and MARSHALL, District Judge.


Certiorari Denied October 30, 1978. See 99 S.Ct. 333.

BAUER, Circuit Judge.

On May 17, 1977, the appellant David Winters was found guilty of violating federal kidnapping statutes by taking four hostages across state lines in an effort to avoid capture for an attempted armed robbery. More specifically, Winters was convicted of willfully and knowingly transporting in interstate commerce an unconsenting person in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1201(a) and of using...

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