(DOWNLOAD) "Withers v. United States" by Sixth Circuit. United States Court Of Appeals # Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Withers v. United States
- Author : Sixth Circuit. United States Court Of Appeals
- Release Date : January 18, 1979
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 55 KB
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In this case two young black men, Tom Withers and Willie Lee Rembert, were convicted after jury trial before a District Judge in the Eastern District of Kentucky on charges of interstate kidnapping, and interstate transportation of a stolen motor vehicle, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §Â§ 1201(a) and 2312 (1976). The sentences (25 years and 5 years concurrent) and the convictions were appealed to this court. The only appellate issue presented was a claim that the sentences were excessive in either the legal or the constitutional sense. This court affirmed by order which noted the severity of the sentences administered but affirmed them as being within the discretion of the District Judge.