United States v. Davis

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

A grand jury indicted Richard Davis, Sr., Jim Lewis, Joey Gray, Mark Facey, and Tom Coulton for conspiracy to kidnap William H. Speiss, Jr. in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1201(c). The grand jury also charged Davis, Lewis, and Gray for kidnapping in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1201(a)(1) and (2). Davis pleaded guilty. A jury found Lewis and Gray guilty on both counts but acquitted Facey and Coul-ton. The district court sentenced Davis and Lewis to 78 months and Gray to 70 months imprisonment. Davis, Lewis, and Gray appealed. Much of this appeal revolves around…