Legal Opinion
United States v. Allen Gordon Sims
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 9, 1980No. 79-1507PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MacBRIDE, District Judge:
On January 1, 1972, defendant Sims and a woman identified as Ida Patrice Robinson who remains a fugitive hijacked PSA Flight 902 between Sacramento and Los Angeles. Approximately one hour after the hijacking began, the passengers were released in Los Angeles. The plane with its full crew and four other stewardesses who happened to be on the flight flew first to Tampa, Florida, and then to Havana, Cuba, under the direction of the hijackers. In Havana, the hijackers surrendered to Cuban authorities, and Flight 902 returned to the United States. Sims and Robinson were…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- United States v. Odell BennettCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1976
- Don Wade v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1970
- United States v. Phillip Brooks BarkerCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1977
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3Cited by28 opinions
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- United States v. John Andrew Greschner, Ronnie Joe CriswellCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1986
- United States v. Josiah L. Merrill, IIICourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- United States v. Sandra Spaise ShirleyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1989
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