Legal Opinion
United States v. Alfred Erdos
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided February 14, 1973No. 72-1328PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CRAVEN, Circuit Judge:
On August 30, 1971, in the American Embassy in the new Republic of Equatorial Guinea, Alfred Erdos killed Donald Leahy. Both were American citizens and embassy employees, with Erdos occupying the position of senior diplomat or charge d’affairs.
Returned to the United States, Erdos was tried and convicted of voluntary manslaughter 1 in the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. On appeal, the more important issues raised are whether the district court: (1) had jurisdiction to try Erdos for a crime occurring within an American embassy located in(a foreign…
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- United States v. FloresSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
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