UNITED STATES v. SIMS

No. 79-1507.

637 F.2d 625 (1980)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff/Appellee, v. Allen Gordon SIMS, Defendant/Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 9, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael D. Abzug, Deputy Federal Public Defender, Los Angeles, Cal., argued, for defendant-appellant.

Suzanne B. Conlon, Asst. U. S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before FARRIS and POOLE, Circuit Judges, and MacBRIDE, District Judge.


MacBRIDE, District Judge:

On January 1, 1972, defendant Sims and a woman identified as Ida Patrice Robinson who remains a fugitive hijacked PSA Flight 902 between Sacramento and Los Angeles. Approximately one hour after the hijacking began, the passengers were released in Los Angeles. The plane with its full crew and four other stewardesses who happened to be on the flight flew first to Tampa, Florida, and then to Havana, Cuba, under the direction of the hijackers...

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