U.S. v. COOK

No. 96-1814.

102 F.3d 249 (1996)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert E. COOK, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 5, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mel S. Johnson (argued) and Mario Gonzales, Office of the United States Attorney, Milwaukee, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

John A. Ward, Kenosha, WI, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and EASTERBROOK and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.


EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

While employed by Wisconsin Armored Transport, Robert Cook hijacked an armored car containing some $260,000 bound for a federally-insured bank. He parked some of the proceeds in a Cayman Islands bank under an assumed name for use in raising a private army to wage war on abortion clinics. Cook attempted to hire Joseph Martino to serve in the campaign, which as Cook recounted into Martino's tape...

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