United States v. Gabaldon

EBEL, Circuit Judge.

Defendant Frank Gabaldon appeals his conviction under the federal kidnapping statute, 18 U.S.C. 1201(a), arguing that the verdict was not supported by sufficient evidence that he held his victim against her will, that her confinement was not merely incidental to her eventual murder, or that holding her provided a benefit to Gabaldon. He also challenges the district court’s Daubert ruling, which excluded the testimony proffered by a defense expert who held himself out as an accident recon-structionist and who sought to testify, among other things, that Gabaldon would have…