WEEMS v. UNITED STATES

Civ. A. No. 72-251.

361 F.Supp. 922 (1973)

John Louis WEEMS, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent.

United States District Court, D. Maryland.

May 14, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Louis Weems, pro se.

George Beall, U. S. Atty., for the D. Maryland, and Paul M. Rosenberg, Asst. U. S. Atty., for the D. Maryland, Baltimore, Md., for respondent.


OPINION AND ORDER

WATKINS, Senior District Judge.

On July 13, 1967, John Lewis [Louis] Weems, petitioner, was convicted in this Court by a jury of kidnapping under 18 U.S.C. § 1201(a). He was subsequently sentenced on October 19, 1967 to life imprisonment. On July 16, 1968, the conviction was affirmed on appeal, United States v. Weems, 398 F.2d 274 (4th Cir. 1968), cert. den., 393 U.S. 1099, 89 S.Ct. 894, 21 L.Ed.2d...

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