UNITED STATES v. CARPENTER

No. 79-5209 Summary Calendar.

611 F.2d 113 (1980)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Charles Winfred CARPENTER, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 7, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary Hagman, Weatherford, Tex., for defendant-appellant.

John H. Hannah, Jr., U.S. Atty., Heriberto Medrano, Asst. U.S. Atty., Tyler, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BROWN, TJOFLAT and FRANK M. JOHNSON, Jr., Circuit Judges.


JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:

This appeal concerns an attempt to extort $38,000 from a federally insured bank by means of kidnapping the son of two of the bank's officers. For this crime, Charles Winfred Carpenter, Jr. was convicted of violating the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C.A. § 1951, and sentenced to five years in prison. He appeals the conviction, contending that (i) he did not commit a federal crime because the attempted extortion was directed solely at the parents...

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