United States v. Daniel B. Hughes, A/K/A "Sonny"

GORDON, Senior District Judge:

Daniel B. Hughes was convicted in the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia on a jury verdict that he was guilty of kidnapping Penny Lynn Childers, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1201(a). On this appeal Hughes contends that his conduct did not amount to a violation of the federal kidnapping statute, and that the trial court should not have permitted Childers’ in-court identification of Hughes as her assailant. Finding no error, we affirm.

I

The evidence at trial established that in the early evening of Sunday, July 27, 1980, thirteen…