Legal Opinion
United States v. Smith
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 17, 1999No. 98-1807PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MAGILL, Senior Circuit Judge.
Michael S. Smith was over seventeen years old on the night he and two others committed an armed carjacking and two armed robberies. A federal criminal complaint was filed and, based on the United States Attorney’s 18 U.S.C. § 5032(3) certification that a “substantial Federal interest” in the case justified federal jurisdiction, the district court held that it had jurisdiction. After the district court granted the government’s motion to transfer Smith for prosecution as an adult, Smith entered a conditional guilty plea. On appeal, he challenges both the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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