UNITED STATES v. CHAGRA

No. 86-2171.

807 F.2d 398 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Elizabeth Nichols CHAGRA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 18, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry Zinn, San Antonio, Tex., Warren Burnett, Galveston, Tex., for defendant-appellant.

W. Ray Jahn, Asst. U.S. Atty., (Mrs.) Helen M. Eversberg, U.S. Atty., LeRoy Morgan Jahn, Asst. U.S. Atty., San Antonio, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BROWN, RANDALL, and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.


PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

Elizabeth Chagra appeals from her conviction of conspiracy to murder Federal Judge John H. Wood, Jr., of the Western District of Texas. She urges that she was tried and convicted of an offense that does not exist; that the jury charge incorrectly defined the element of intent; that there was insufficient evidence to support the offense if it does exist; and that the trial court abused its discretion by imposing the same sentence...

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