In 1959, petitioner was charged with kidnaping in violation of 18 U. S. C. 1201 (a).^[1]Since the indictment charged that the victim of the kidnaping was not liberated unharmed, petitioner faced a maximum penalty of death if the verdict of the jury should so recommend. Petitioner, represented by competent counsel throughout, first elected to plead not guilty. Apparently because the trial judge was unwilling to try the case without a jury, petitioner made no serious attempt to reduce the possibility of a death penalty by waiving a jury trial. Upon learning that his codefendant, who had confessed to the authorities, would plead guilty and be available to testify against him, petitioner changed his plea to guilty. His plea was accepted after the trial judge twice questioned him as to the voluntariness of his plea.^[2]

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*744Petitioner was sentenced to 50 years' imprisonment, later reduced to 30.

Question 1

In the case of anterior spinal artery occlusion is bladder function

preserved or is there urine retention?

Question 2

In the case of anterior spinal artery occlusion, can the patient have intact

sensations in the lower limbs?

Question 3

In the case of anterior spinal artery occlusion, will the paraplegia be of a

spastic or a flaccid type?

Question 4

Can fasciculations occur in radiculopathy or peripheral neuropathy or is

it pathognomonic to anterior horn cell lesion?

Question 5

Is ibuprofen recommended in prophylaxis or treatment of Alzheimer's

dementia?

Question 6

What are the principal causes of frontotemporal dementia and how can

the cause be diagnosed?

Question 7

What are the associated features of meningomyelocele other than

hydrocephalus, urinary incontinence and paraplegia? Do patients have

congenital heart disease and congenital dislocation of hips?

Question 8

Can a patient with neurofibromatosis type I have a neurofibroma arising

from a nerve root or radicle causing cervical or compressive lumbar

radiculopathy?

Question 9

Is there a way to retard the rate of development of cutaneous or other

manifestations of neurofibromatosis type 1? Has a cure for this condition

yet been found?

Question 10

How does neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2) affect the heart?190fff