Source: http://aaacriminaldefense.com/cases/federal/kidnapping-abduction-and-unlawful-restraint/
Timestamp: 2013-06-20 11:59:03
Document Index: 250651501

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 1111', '§2', '§1', '§ 2241', '§2', '§2']

West Palm Beach criminal lawyer Grey Tesh – Kidnapping, Abduction and Unlawful Restraint
The following is a copy of the 2010 Federal Sentencing Guidelines. The section covers the sentencing guidelines regarding kidnapping, abduction, and unlawful restraint.
(1)If a ransom demand or a demand upon government was made, increase by 6 levels.
(2)(A) If the victim sustained permanent or life-threatening bodily injury, increase by 4 levels; (B) if the victim sustained serious bodily injury, increase by 2 levels; or (C) if the degree of injury is between that specified in subdivisions (A) and (B), increase by 3 levels.
(3)If a dangerous weapon was used, increase by 2 levels.
(4)(A)If the victim was not released before thirty days had elapsed, increase by 2 levels.
(4)(B)If the victim was not released before seven days had elapsed, increase by 1 level.
(5)If the victim was sexually exploited, increase by 6 levels.
(6)If the victim is a minor and, in exchange for money or other consideration, was placed in the care or custody of another person who had no legal right to such care or custody of the victim, increase by 3 levels.
(7)If the victim was kidnapped, abducted, or unlawfully restrained during the commission of, or in connection with, another offense or escape therefrom; or if another offense was committed during the kidnapping, abduction, or unlawful restraint, increase to –
(A)the offense level from the Chapter Two offense guideline applicable to that other offense if such offense guideline includes an adjustment for kidnapping, abduction, or unlawful restraint, or otherwise takes such conduct into account; or
(B)4 plus the offense level from the offense guideline applicable to that other offense, but in no event greater than level 43, in any other case,
c)Cross Reference
(1)If the victim was killed under circumstances that would constitute murder under 18 U.S.C. § 1111 had such killing taken place within the territorial or maritime jurisdiction of the United States, apply §2A1.1 (First Degree Murder).
1.For purposes of this guideline—
2.”A dangerous weapon was used” means that a firearm was discharged, or a “firearm” or “dangerous weapon” was “otherwise used” (as defined in the Commentary to §1B1.1 (Application Instructions)).
3.”Sexually exploited” includes offenses set forth in 18 U.S.C. §§ 2241-2244, 2251, and 2421-2423.
4.In the case of a conspiracy, attempt, or solicitation to kidnap, §2X1.1 (Attempt, Solicitation, or Conspiracy) requires that the court apply any adjustment that can be determined with reasonable certainty. Therefore, for example, if an offense involved conspiracy to kidnap for the purpose of committing murder, subsection (b)(7) would reference first degree murder (resulting in an offense level of 43, subject to a possible 3-level reduction under §2X1.1(b)). Similarly, for example, if an offense involved a kidnapping during which a participant attempted to murder the victim under circumstances that would have constituted first degree murder had death occurred, the offense referenced under subsection (b)(7) would be the offense of first degree murder.
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