UNITED STATES v. VRETTA

No. 84-2991.

790 F.2d 651 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Samuel VRETTA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 13, 1986.

As Amended May 20, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glenn C. Reynolds, Madison, Wis., for defendant-appellant.

Stephen J. Liccione, Asst. U.S. Atty., Joseph P. Stadtmueller, U.S. Atty., Milwaukee, Wis., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CUDAHY and COFFEY, Circuit Judges, and ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.


COFFEY, Circuit Judge.

The defendant, Samuel Vretta, was indicted by a grand jury for kidnaping Allen Hauser, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1201. Vretta was found guilty after a seven day jury trial and was sentenced to life imprisonment. Vretta appeals his conviction. We affirm.

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The evidence reveals that Vretta met Allen Hauser in 1978 in Dearborn, Michigan where Hauser sold Vretta on investing his life savings of $25,000 to help underwrite...

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