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U.S. v. HAYES

No. 97-5966.

218 F.3d 615 (2000)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Chalmer C. HAYES, also known as Chuck Hayes, also known as Charles Hayes, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: June 30, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth S. Siegel (argued and briefed), Tampa, Florida, Chalmer C. Hayes, Lexington, Kentucky, pro se, for Defendant-Appellant.

Charles P. Wisdom, Jr., Assistant United States Attorney (argued and briefed), Patrick H. Molloy, Assistant United States Attorney (briefed), Lexington, Kentucky, Martin L. Hatfield, Assistant United States Attorney (briefed), London, Kentucky, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before: MOORE and GILMAN, Circuit Judges; McKEAGUE, District Judge.

OPINION

GILMAN, Circuit Judge.

In 1996, Chalmer Hayes agreed to pay a man $5,000 to kill his son. Unfortunately for Hayes (but fortunately for his son), the man he tried to hire was an undercover FBI agent. Hayes was subsequently arrested, indicted, and convicted of murder for hire, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1958. For the reasons set forth below, we AFFIRM Hayes's conviction.

I. BACKGROUND

Madge Hayes Beckett, Chalmer...

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