U.S. v. RANSBOTTOM

No. 89-6314.

914 F.2d 743 (1990)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Martha Joyce RANSBOTTOM, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided September 10, 1990.

Certiorari Denied November 13, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Gill, Jr., U.S. Atty. and David Dake, Asst. U.S. Atty. (argued), Office of the U.S. Atty., Knoxville, Tenn., for plaintiff-appellee.

Ronald P. Smith (argued), Knoxville, Tenn., for defendant-appellant.

Before: KENNEDY and KRUPANSKY, Circuit Judges, and BROWN, Senior Circuit Judge.


Certiorari Denied November 13, 1990. See 111 S.Ct. 439.

BAILEY BROWN, Senior Circuit Judge.

Defendant Martha Joyce Ransbottom appeals her conviction and sentence for violating the federal murder-for-hire statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1958. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the district court in all respects.

I.

A mutual friend introduced Ransbottom to Jerry Ownby in Gatlinburg, Tennessee on March 14, 1989. Ransbottom had asked the friend...

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