U.S. v. SHERWOOD

Nos. 94-10425, 94-10459.

98 F.3d 402 (1996)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jacob Harold SHERWOOD, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ray Marion CUDDY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 5, 1996.

As Amended October 28, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel J. Albregts and Mitchell Posin, Las Vegas, Nevada, for defendants-appellants.

Joseph M. Angelo, Camille W. Damm and Thomas M. O'Connell, Assistant United States Attorneys, Las Vegas, Nevada, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before: KOZINSKI and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges, and SILVER, District Judge.


Opinion by Judge SILVER; Concurrence by Judge HAWKINS; Dissent by Judge KOZINSKI.

SILVER, District Judge:

BACKGROUND

On July 26, 1993, Kevin Wynn, the daughter of Steven Wynn, the Chief Executive Officer of Mirage Resorts, Inc., was confronted by two kidnappers in her Las Vegas townhouse. Ms. Wynn's kidnappers taped her eyes shut, put sunglasses on her, and made her remove her clothes, except her underwear. Ms. Wynn was then forced to pose for pictures...

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