United States v. Randolph Jakobetz

GEORGE C. PRATT, Circuit Judge:

Defendant Randolph B. Jakobetz appeals from his conviction for kidnapping, 18 U.S.C. § 1201(a)(1), based on a jury verdict in the United States District Court for the District of Vermont, Franklin S. Billings, Jr., Chief Judge. He was sentenced to 350 months incarceration followed by five years of supervised release, and restitution of $2,102. Jakobetz complains of several evidentiary rulings, the most important of which is the court’s permitting DNA profiling evidence. He also challenges several aspects of his sentence.

Although it arises from relatively simple…