Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit November 15, 1988, 87-2838 (United States v. Carl Leibowitz)

ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.

Defendant Carl Leibowitz (“defendant”) was convicted after a jury trial of hiring a “hit man” to kill his business partner. Specifically, he was found guilty of conspiracy to use interstate commerce facilities in the commission of a murder-for-hire (18 U.S.C. § 371), use of interstate commerce facilities in the commission of murder-for-hire (18 U.S.C.