Legal Opinion
United States v. Atchison
District Court, E.D. Illinois
Decided March 17, 1975No. Crim. No. 74-80-EPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
FOREMAN, District Judge:
Atchison was indicted for willfully and knowingly transporting Kimberly Gos-sett in interstate commerce, after she had been unlawfully seized, confined, inveigled, decoyed, kidnapped, carried away and held by Atchison “for ransom, reward or otherwise” from July 7, 1974 until September 19, 1974 in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1201.
The Government’s evidence adduced at trial clearly demonstrated that Atchison had kidnapped the young girl and transported her in interstate commerce, as charged in the indictment. There was, however, no evidence that he had ever requested a…
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