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U.S. v. DEGAN

No. 99-6150.

229 F.3d 553 (2000)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Charles Roy DEGAN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals. Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: October 12, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy R. DiScenza, (argued and briefed), Assistant United States Attorney, Memphis, Tennessee, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Robert M. Friedman (argued and briefed), William C. Harrison (briefed), Friedman, Sissman & Heaton, Memphis, Tennessee, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before: MERRITT, KENNEDY, and GILMAN, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

RONALD LEE GILMAN, Circuit Judge.

Charles Roy Degan was convicted under the federal murder-for-hire statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1958(a), for causing another individual to travel in interstate commerce with the intent to murder Degan's ex-wife in exchange for money. He was sentenced to seventy months of imprisonment. Degan appeals, claiming that (1) the government failed to establish the "jurisdictional" prong of the charge, (2) the district court improperly...

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