United States v. Ronald Wayne Beaty

Appellant appeals from a conviction for knowingly transporting persons in interstate commerce who had theretofore been kidnapped and held for the purpose of aiding appellant and-assisting him to escape arrest. 18 U.S.C. § 1201 . He .was sentenced to twenty years, on two counts, to run concurrently.

He raises three contentions: (1) error in denying appellant’s motion to suppress evidence seized from an automobile without a warrant; (2) error in denial of motion for a continuance of the trial for more than one day; and (3) error by the district court in denying his motion to inspect jury selection records under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1867 (f) and 1868.

Appellant and a co-defendant, Veale, escaped from the California Institution for Men, Chino, California, on the night of November 1, 1970. The two men seized a car; ordered the occupants, Vi-cario and Sanchez, at knife point, to get into the back seat; drove the car into Arizona; and while being pursued by Arizona officers at high speed, crashed into another car.

Following the collision, appellant and co-defendant Veale were unconscious and Sanchez, semi-conscious. The two defendants were arrested and transported to a hospital. Their clothes…