UNITED STATES v. REVELS

No. 76-1343.

575 F.2d 74 (1978)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Leon Timothy REVELS, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided April 19, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Robert Faucette, Spartanburg, S.C., for appellant.

William A. Coates, Asst. U.S. Atty., Greenville, S.C. (Thomas E. Lydon, Jr., U.S. Atty., Columbia, S.C., on brief), for appellee.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, and WINTER and HALL, Circuit Judges.


K. K. HALL, Circuit Judge:

Leon Timothy Revels was indicted for kidnapping, 18 U.S.C. § 1201, and, following a trial to a jury, was convicted and sentenced to 30 years in prison. He appeals and contends that the failure of the trial court to give the instruction approved in United States v. Holley, 502 F.2d 273 (4th Cir. 1974), or its substantial equivalent was plain error necessitating reversal of the conviction. We disagree...

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