United States Fifth Circuit

The armed robbery of the keys to a vehicle from its owner, who is only 15 feet from the vehicle, constitutes taking the vehicle "from the person or presence" of the victim, within the meaning of the federal carjacking statute, 18 USC 2119.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/26/2000
• Published 10/26/2000

Judges

• RHESA HAWKINS BARKSDALE, Circuit Judge:, Before WOOD , DAVIS and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Paul David Roberts, Asst. U.S. Atty., Calvin D. Buchanan, Oxford, MS, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Kenneth Harold Coghlan, Oxford, MS, for Defendant-Appellant.