U.S. v. WILDERNESS

No. 98-2000.

160 F.3d 1173 (1998)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alexander WILDERNESS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 23, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew B. Baker, Jr. (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Dyer, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

R. Cordell Funk (argued), Funk & Foster, Hammond, IN, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before CUDAHY, EASTERBROOK, and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.


EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

Alexander Wilderness approached Roy Jean Evans as she was parking her car at midnight. Wilderness drew a gun and demanded money. When Evans resisted, Wilderness pistol-whipped her, took her car keys, shoved her into the back seat, confiscated her cellular phone so that she could not call for help, and drove away. Eventually Wilderness slowed the car and forced Evans out while the vehicle was still moving. A radio bulletin alerted police...

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