U.S. v. PRIDGEN

No. 89-6086. Summary Calendar.

898 F.2d 1003 (1990)

The UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James Dale PRIDGEN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 6, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard W. Rogers, III, Corpus Christi, Tex., court appointed, for defendant-appellant.

Jeffery A. Babcock, Asst. U.S. Atty., Henry K. Oncken, U.S. Atty., Paula C. Offenhauser, Asst. U.S. Atty., Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GEE, DAVIS and JONES, Circuit Judges.


EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:

Appellant, a former law enforcement officer, robbed a bank in Rockport, Texas, took its president hostage, and forced the president to accompany him on a drive to Laredo, Texas. Appellant was arrested as he attempted to board a train heading for the interior of Mexico. He was charged with bank robbery, violating 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a), a crime carrying a maximum twenty-year sentence; he was also charged with kidnapping occurring during...

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