United States v. Bobby Todd

ROSS, Circuit Judge.

Bobby Todd appeals from his conviction 1 for conspiracy to rob, conspiracy to murder and second degree murder in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 371, 1117 and 1111. 2 We affirm the conviction of murder and reverse both conspiracy convictions. 622 F.2d 298.

On April 30,1977, a hunter discovered the remains of Frederick E. Williams in a remote wooded area within Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. Williams had been a private first class in the army stationed at Fort Leonard Wood. On May 2, 1977, Dr. Gerald A. Rappe, an army pathologist, performed an autopsy and determined that Williams…