Legal Opinion

United States v. Jean Carlo Ferreira

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided December 11, 2001No. 00-14723PublishedCited by 53 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MARCUS, Circuit Judge:

In December 1999, Christina Aragao and her two children were abducted and held hostage for several days before being freed by police. For their roles in the kidnapping, appellants Jean Carlo Ferreira, Pedro Rafael Caraballo-Mar-tinez, and Ewin Oscar Martinez were convicted of hostage taking and conspiracy to commit hostage taking in violation of the Hostage Taking Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1203, carjacking and conspiracy to commit carjacking in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 371, 2119(2), and [for] using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence in violation…

2Cases cited26 opinions

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3Cited by53 opinions

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