Legal Opinion
United States v. Grace Ann Sheek, and John Gordon Wallace, Sherri Lynn Wallace, Stephen Thomas Porto
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided March 30, 1993No. 92-5278PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MORGAN, District Judge:
Appellee, Grace Ann Sheek was indicted, along with several others, on three counts relating to the August 1991 kidnapping of her two natural children, Amanda and Michael York, and their subsequent transportation across state lines. The indictment alleged that Sheek conspired to kidnap and transport the two children in interstate commerce in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1201, 924(c)(1) and 371, that she kidnapped and transported the two children from South Carolina to Missouri between August 17 and 21, 1992 for the purpose of depriving Sollie and Mary Floyd of lawful…
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