UNITED STATES v. ATCHISON

Crim. No. 74-80-E.

390 F.Supp. 539 (1975)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. William Dean ATCHISON, Defendant.

United States District Court, E. D. Illinois.

March 17, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry Schwarz, U.S. Atty., Jack Strellis, Joel V. Merkel, Asst. U.S. Attys., East St. Louis, Ill., for plaintiff.

Robert J. Hillebrand, East St. Louis, Ill., for defendant.


ORDER

FOREMAN, District Judge:

Atchison was indicted for willfully and knowingly transporting Kimberly Gossett in interstate commerce, after she had been unlawfully seized, confined, inveigled, decoyed, kidnapped, carried away and held by Atchison "for ransom, reward or otherwise" from July 7, 1974 until September 19, 1974 in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1201.

The Government's evidence adduced at trial clearly demonstrated that Atchison had kidnapped...

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