United States v. Andrew Scott Morin, A/K/A Scott Morris, United States of America v. Andrew Scott Morin, A/K/A Scott Morris

Affirmed in part, vacated and remanded in part by published opinion. Chief Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Judge HAMILTON and Judge BLAKE joined.

OPINION

WILKINSON, Chief Judge:

Andrew Scott Morin was convicted of murder-for-hire, 18 U.S.C. § 1958(a), and sentenced to 21 months imprisonment. Morin contends that because the murder would have taken place outside the United States, it would have violated no federal or state law, a necessary element of § 1958(a). We disagree. Morin’s intended murder would have violated at least one federal law and two Virginia laws.

The government,…