Robert Lee Gawne v. United States of America, William Thomas Banks v. United States

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• holding (1) kidnapper’s motivation is not an element of offense under Federal Kidnapping Act which covers interstate transportation of the kidnapped persons held for ransom or reward or otherwise; (2
• “The word to be emphasized is ‘held,’ for involuntariness of seizure and detention is the very essence of the crime of kidnapping. Thus, the true elements of the offense are unlawful seizure and 2 holding, followed by interstate transportation.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).