Legal Opinion
United States v. Graves
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 5, 1998No. 97-10202PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:
This case requires us to construe the federal statute governing the offense of accessory after the fact; in doing so, we contrast its provisions with those contained in conspiracy and aiding and abetting statutes. See 18 U.S.C. §§ 2(a), 3, & 371. We must decide in particular whether the crime of being an accessory after the fact to a felon in possession of a firearm requires that the defendant have knowledge not only that the person who committed the primary offense (“the offender”) possessed a gun (which may ordinarily be perfectly legal), but also that he was a…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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