UNITED STATES v. LIGHTLY

No. 80-5144.

677 F.2d 1027 (1982)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Randy LIGHTLY, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided May 6, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel J. Hurson, Kennewick, W. Va., for appellant.

William G. Otis, Sp. Asst. U. S. Atty., Alexandria, Va. (Karen P. Tandy, Asst. U. S. Atty., Alexandria, Va., on brief), for appellee.

Before WINTER, Chief Judge, and ERVIN, Circuit Judge.


ERVIN, Circuit Judge:

On December 19, 1979, Terrance McKinley, an inmate at Lorton Reformatory in northern Virginia, sustained serious stab wounds from an assault in his cell. Two of McKinley's fellow inmates, Randy Lightly and Clifton McDuffie, were investigated, but only Lightly was formally charged. McDuffie was not indicted by the grand jury because a court appointed psychiatrist found him incompetent to stand trial...

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