United States v. Julian Eugene Kennedy

Appellant Kennedy seeks review of his kidnapping conviction in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1201. He challenges both the admissibility of his two confessions and the sufficiency of the evidence to establish the corpus delicti of the crime. His first confession was made to state officers and admitted at his Florida murder trial; the second, rendered after that trial, was made to an FBI agent. Finding that both of his challenges are without merit, we affirm.

On October 4, 1972 Julian Eugene Kennedy, an escaped prisoner from Rai ford, Florida, was arrested by Detective Marchetta of the Hillsborough…