James Edward Hall v. United States

SOBELOFF, Chief Judge.

Sentences of life imprisonment were imposed on the appellant James Edward Hall, and on one Connie Ellis Plott upon their conviction in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia of the crime of kidnapping in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 1201. Plott has dismissed his appeal, and we are here concerned only with Hall.

The kidnapping itself is not denied. 1 Insanity at the time of the commission of the act is Hall’s sole defense, and he contends that the District Court erred in ruling that there was no evidence sufficient to raise a question of his…