Legal Opinion
United States v. James Lewis
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided October 30, 1981No. 80-5047PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIDENER, Circuit Judge:
A jury found the appellant, James Lewis, guilty of two counts of kidnapping, one count of armed robbery and another count of felonious assault. He contests the validity of the convictions on three grounds; first, that there was insufficient evidence to support his convictions; second, that the failure of the government to turn over certain notes denied him a fair trial; and finally he argues that the allegations in the first two counts of the indictment do not charge a kidnapping in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1201.
Count II of the indictment alleged a kidnaping when the…
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- James Edward Hall v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1969
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