United States v. Rodriguez

JAMES M. CARTER, District Judge.

The present case raises this question : May aliens, found within the United States, be prosecuted here for the commission of crimes allegedly committed outside the territorial limits of the United States, when the crimes charged concern the use of false statements to secure the documents necessary for admission into the United States?

The issue is raised on the motion of six defendants (Rodriguez, Virrissimo, Rocha, Andrade, Manuel Da Luz and Jose Da Luz), all of whom are aliens, to dismiss certain counts of the indictment for lack of jurisdiction of the court…