United States v. Edward Baker, Ralph Masciola and Dominick Dinorscio

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• holding that the “for ransom or reward or otherwise” element contained in 18 U.S.C. § 1201(a) is satisfied where the defendant’s “ultimate purpose sought to be furthered by [the] kidnap[p]ing is theft”
• no double-jeopardy violation when “the only prejudice [defendant] suffered is psychological; his hopes were first raised, then quickly lowered”

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