United States v. Youts
United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
229 F.3d 1312 (2000)
- Written by Craig Conway, LLM
Facts
Abner Youts (defendant) and Richard Nesbitt drank alcohol for many hours before walking home one evening. Youts and Nesbitt came upon a rail yard where the pair boarded two idling locomotives. Youts decided to drive the train home and stopped the train one block from his house. Before disembarking, Youts set the train in reverse at full throttle. As the train sped toward the rail yard, it derailed and caused substantial damage. The United States (plaintiff) charged Youts and Nesbitt with wrecking a train in violation of federal law. Nesbitt pled guilty and agreed to testify against Youts. A jury convicted Youts. The jury sentenced Youts to 46 months of imprisonment and ordered him to pay over $230,000 in restitution. Youts appealed, arguing that the evidence presented failed to show that he had the specific intent to commit the offense.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Seymour, C.J.)
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