Legal Opinion
Donald Kilsmuth Hess and Louis Clifton Hess. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 13, 1974No. 74-1022PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MATTHES, Senior Circuit Judge.
In December of 1956, Donald Kilsmuth Hess and Louis Clifton Hess, brothers, were convicted in the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri of two separate kidnappings in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1201. On December 14, 1956, each was sentenced by the trial judge, the Honorable Richard M. Duncan, to two consecutive life terms, 1 as was a codefendant in one of the proceedings, Lewis Milton Williams. Thereafter, this court granted all three defendants leave to appeal in forma pauperis from their convictions. In accordance with the prevailing…
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3Cited by68 opinions
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