Legal Opinion
United States v. Wilfredo Alvarez Appeal of John A/K/A Jorge Martinez
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided July 16, 1975No. 74-1933PublishedCited by 164 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.
John Martinez appeals from a judgment of sentence of 25 years imprisonment entered upon his conviction for kidnapping and conspiracy to kidnap. He is one of seven defendants named in an indictment returned on March 19, 1974 for kidnapping for ransom of John Calzadilla. Two of the seven were adjudged juvenile offenders before trial. At trial one defendant, Alvarez, was acquitted. The remaining four were convicted. The convictions of two, Fernandez (No. 74-1931) and Roberto E. Martinez (No. 74-1934) have been affirmed in separate judgment orders of…
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