U.S. v. HILL

Nos. 87-7591, 87-7627.

859 F.2d 325 (1988)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Carlos Ricardo HILL, Defendant-Appellant. (Two Cases)

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided October 18, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maureen Frances Del Duca, Supervising Atty. (Steven Goldblatt, Director, Dori K. Bernstein, Supervising Atty., New Britain, Conn., Appellate Litigation Program, Georgetown University Law Center, on brief), for defendant-appellant.

Gregg Lewis Bernstein, Asst. U.S. Atty. (Breckinridge L. Willcox, U.S. Atty., Baltimore, Md., on brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WIDENER and WILKINSON, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge.


WIDENER, Circuit Judge:

Carlos Ricardo Hill seeks relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 from a three count conviction entered against him on July 8, 1983. The district court denied his petition as stating no grounds for relief. We find that one count of Hill's conviction on two counts of kidnapping under the federal kidnapping statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1201, will ultimately have to be vacated, and we remand for further proceedings with instructions.

Hill kidnapped...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases