UNITED STATES v. JOHNS

No. 83-1595.

728 F.2d 953 (1984)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Yvonne Cooks JOHNS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 1, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kay L. Pomeranz, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

James A. Lewis, Asst. U.S. Atty., Springfield, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BAUER and ESCHBACH, Circuit Judges, and CAMPBELL, Senior District Judge.


ESCHBACH, Circuit Judge.

Yvonne Cooks Johns pled guilty to kidnapping in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1201, and was sentenced to a term of fifty years. The sole issue on appeal is whether there was sufficient evidence before the trial court to raise a bona fide doubt about Johns' competency. We hold that there was, and therefore remand the case to the district court for further proceedings.

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The defendant was charged with kidnapping in an indictment...

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