United States v. Paul Duhart

MERRILL, Circuit Judge:

On November 30, 1972, appellant Du-hart, then an inmate of the United States Penitentiary at McNeil Island, Washington, forcibly seized and occupied the offices of the Classification and Parole Section of the prison administration. He did this by putting a knife to the throat of a woman who worked in the section and ordering all employees to leave, with the exception of his hostage and three other women. Appellant then ordered the four women to undress, striking two of them when they rebelled. He then forcibly had sexual intercourse with one. Seven hours after seizing…