United States Seventh Circuit

Evidence was sufficient to prove that defendant provided consideration for alleged murder for hire under 18 U.S.C. section 1958, and use of intrastate phone calls to plan murders was sufficient to establish use of a facility in interstate commerce.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/30/2003
• Decided 07/22/2003
• Published 07/22/2003

Judges

• FLAUM, Chief Judge., Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and EASTERBROOK and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Andrew B. Baker, Jr., Philip Benson (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Hammond, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellee., H. Jay Stevens (argued), Indiana Federal Community Defenders, Inc., South Bend, IN, for Defendant-Appellant.