Legal Opinion
United States v. Joseph Christopher Fontenot
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 20, 1994No. 91-10593PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEAVY, Circuit Judge:
Joseph Christopher Fontenot (Fontenot) appeals from his conviction and sentence for traveling in interstate commerce with intent to hire a person to murder his wife, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1958. 1 We affirm.
FACTS
While vacationing in San Francisco with his girlfriend, Suzanna Walton (Walton), during the week of June 7, 1990, Fontenot hired a limousine driver, Marcelo Feldberg (Feld-berg). Fontenot told Feldberg that he wished there was some way he could “get rid of’ his wife, Catherine, because he feared she would obtain custody of their children. Later, when Fontenot…
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