Legal Opinion
United States v. Marek
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 4, 2001No. 98-40568, 98-40955PublishedCited by 143 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIENER, Circuit Judge:
According to its title, the federal murder-for-hire statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1958 (“ § 1958”), criminalizes the “[u]se of interstate commerce facilities in the commission of murder-for-hire.”1 The statute proscribes paying another to commit murder, but only when the defendant either (1) “travels in or causes another (including the intended victim) to travel in interstate or foreign commerce,” or (2) “uses or causes another (including the intended victim) to use the mail or any facility in interstate or foreign commerce.”2 Both of the instant *313cases concern only the second…
2Cases cited49 opinions
- United States v. OlanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- McCarthy v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- United States v. LopezSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Caminetti v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
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3Cited by143 opinions
- United States v. Joseph SilvestriCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2005
- United States v. BroussardCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2012
- United States v. TrejoCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2010
- United States v. Randall Cope and Terry Wayne CopeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2003
- United States v. John GilCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2002
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