Legal Opinion
Easton Ray McKenzie v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided May 20, 1959No. 6057_1PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PICKETT, Circuit Judge.
The defendant, Easton Ray McKenzie, was convicted by a jury on a two-count indictment charging him with the crime of kidnapping, in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 1201, and sentenced to life imprisonment. The defense was insanity at the time of the commission of the offense. The only issue here is whether the court erred in not granting defendant’s motion for judgment of acquittal, made at the close of all the evidence.
The evidence is without conflict that on August 14, 1954 the defendant, after forcing a thirteen year old girl and her ten year old brother into his…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Charles W. Douglas v. United States of America, (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1956
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3Cited by38 opinions
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- Richard Case Nagell v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Milton R. Dusky v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1959
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