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Court Affirms Life and Death Sentences In 3-Defendant Kidnapping/Murder Cases

By Jonathan Byrne

US v. Wilson & US v. Lighty: These two opinions, released the same day, involve three codefendants - Wilson, Lighty, and Flood - who were involved in a kidnapping that resulted in death. All were charged with kidnapping resulting in death, conspiracy, and three counts of using a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. Wilson's trial was severed from Lighty's and Flood's, thus the separate appeals. The two opinions cover over 115 pages, so there's obviously a lot of detail I'm leaving out (more so than usual).The cases arose from the kidnap and murder of Hayes, who was on a street corner in DC with a friend when two men in a dark Lincoln approached and asked to buy drugs. Hayes and the two men went into an alley to complete the transaction...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Circuit Blog on August 19, 2010 (boomark / email).