United States v. Virgil Paul Womack

PECKHAM, District Judge:

Appellant Virgil Paul Womack and codefendant Jack Walton Taylor were charged by indictment with kidnapping, conspiracy and aiding and abetting in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1201(a), 1201(a)(1) and (2). Appellant, who was tried alone, was convicted after a jury trial.

Appellant met Taylor in Boise, Idaho, on January 7, 1975. Taylor boasted to appellant that he had committed a successful bank robbery and was on his way to Florida to collect the money; he invited appellant to accompany him on his journey south. Appellant allegedly did not believe Taylor’s story, but decided…