William Clinton Smith v. United States

VAN OOSTERHOUT, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal by defendant, William Clinton Smith, from his conviction by a jury upon an indictment charging him with kidnapping and holding for rape a young lady whom he had transported from St. Louis to Illinois, all in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 1201. Defendant was sentenced to life imprisonment.

Defendant asserts he is entitled to a reversal of his conviction upon the basis of errors committed by the trial court in the following respects;

I. Defendant’s motions for acquittal and new trial based upon the insufficiency of the evidence to support a conviction…