Legal Opinion
United States v. Samuel Vretta
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 20, 1986No. 84-2991PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFEY, Circuit Judge.
The defendant, Samuel Vretta, was indicted by a grand jury for kidnaping Allen Hauser, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1201. Vretta was found guilty after a seven day jury trial and was sentenced to life imprisonment. Vretta appeals his conviction. We affirm.
I
The evidence reveals that Vretta met Allen Hauser in 1978 in Dearborn, Michigan where Hauser sold Vretta on investing his life savings of $25,000 to help underwrite Hauser’s development of an alleged light sensitive photographic process. Vretta subsequently demanded the return of his money, pursuant to the terms of the…
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