UNITED STATES v. HUGHES

No. 82-5082.

716 F.2d 234 (1983)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Daniel B. HUGHES, a/k/a "Sonny", Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided August 25, 1983.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied October 13, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gene W. Gardner, Huntington, W.Va. (Lafe C. Chafin, Barrett, Chafin, Lowry & Hampton, Huntington, W.Va., on brief), for appellant.

S. Benjamin Bryant, Asst. U.S. Atty., Huntington, W.Va. (David A. Faber, U.S. Atty., Charleston, W.Va., on brief), for appellee.

Before WIDENER and MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judges, and GORDON, Senior District Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied October 13, 1983.

GORDON, Senior District Judge:

Daniel B. Hughes was convicted in the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia on a jury verdict that he was guilty of kidnapping Penny Lynn Childers, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1201(a). On this appeal Hughes contends that his conduct did not amount to a violation of the federal kidnapping statute, and that the trial court should not...

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