Legal Opinion
United States v. Dennis Calvin MacKlin
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 25, 1982No. 56, Docket 81-1040PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DALY, District Judge:
This is an appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Carter, J.), entered upon a jury verdict convicting defendant-appellant of two counts of kidnapping in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1201(a). 1 Appellant asserts two grounds for appeal: (1) the evidence adduced at trial was insufficient to prove the elements of the federal crime of kidnapping; and (2) the trial court’s instructions to -the jury on the elements of kidnapping were erroneous.
A. The Facts
From the evidence at trial unfolded a tale of a two-week Los Angeles…
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- United States v. NataleCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
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