Legal Opinion
United States v. James A. Benson
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 7, 1992No. 91-2732PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LARSON, Senior District Judge.
James A. Benson appeals from his conviction for kidnapping in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1201. Benson maintains that the district court 1 erred in its admission of certain evidence and challenges the two level enhancement of his sentence for obstruction of justice. We affirm in part and remand in part.
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James Benson and his wife, Judith Benson, had been married for eleven years and had two children at the time of Benson’s trial on the charge of kidnapping. Evidence was presented at trial that, during their marriage, Benson was verbally and physically abusive to…
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