Legal Opinion
United States v. Martha Joyce Ransbottom
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided November 13, 1990No. 89-6314PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAILEY BROWN, Senior Circuit Judge.
Defendant Martha Joyce Ransbottom appeals her conviction and sentence for violating the federal murder-for-hire statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1958. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the district court in all respects.
I
A mutual friend introduced Ransbottom to Jerry Ownby in Gatlinburg, Tennessee on March 14, 1989. Ransbottom had asked the friend, James Reagan, to refer her to someone who could do a job for her. Because Reagan and Ransbottom had had prior real estate dealings, Reagan assumed that Ransbottom needed someone to do some type of maintenance work. He…
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