CALABRESI, Circuit Judge:
This case presents a question that is new to our circuit: what evidence is sufficient under the Lindbergh Law, 18 U.S.C. § 1201(a), to convict a defendant of "holding" a victim against the victim's will? Other circuits differ as to whether a defendant who first "takes" control of his victim by "decoy" or trick must intend to back up his pretense with physical or psychological force in order to "hold" the unwilling victim under the statute...
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