U.S. v. VAN METRE

Nos. 96-4669, 96-4670.

150 F.3d 339 (1998)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James Howard VAN METRE, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James Howard VAN METRE, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided July 10, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Kimberly Dunn Spelman, Gregg Lewis Bernstein, Martin, Junghans, Snyder & Bernstein, P.A., Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellant. Carmina Szunyog Hughes, Assistant United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Lynne A. Battaglia, United States Attorney, Andrew G.W. Norman, Assistant United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.

Before WILKINSON, Chief Judge, and WILLIAMS and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges.


Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded by published opinion. Judge WILLIAMS wrote the opinion, in which Chief Judge WILKINSON and Judge MICHAEL joined.

WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

A federal jury found James Howard Van Metre guilty of kidnapping Holly Ann Blake in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 1201(a)(1) (West 1984), and Van Metre pleaded guilty to solicitation to commit a crime of violence in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 373 (West Supp.1997). At...

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