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Criminal Law Keyed to Kennedy
United States of America v. Hilton A. Lake
Citation:
150 F.3d 269 (3rd Cir. 1998)Facts
On the day in question, Lake hitchhiked to Little Magen’s Bay in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. After unsuccessfully attempting to borrow Milton Clarke’s car, Lake approached Pamela Croaker, Clarke’s friend, and demanded her car keys. When Croaker initially refused, Lake pulled out a gun, placed it near her head, and again demanded the keys. Frightened, Croaker surrendered her keys. Lake then went up a steep path to the parking area where Croaker’s car was parked, out of sight from the beach. Croaker and Clarke followed him up the path but arrived too late to prevent Lake from driving away. Later that day, police apprehended Lake in the stolen car. When questioned, Lake claimed he had used a toy gun that he had disposed of in a swamp, but the gun was never recovered. At trial, both Croaker and Clarke testified that they experienced great fear when confronted with Lake’s gun.
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