Legal Opinion
United States v. Vladimir Dizdar, Jozo Brekalo and Marijan Buconjic
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 27, 1978No. 791, 947 and 948, Dockets 78-1007, 78-1020 and 78-1021PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANSFIELD, Circuit Judge:
Following an increase in acts of violence in various countries against foreign diplomats and representatives, Congress in 1972 passed legislation extending the protection of our federal criminal laws to designated categories of foreign officials, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1201, 1116(b), S.Rep. No. 92-1105, 92nd Cong.2nd Sess. (1972), reprinted in [1972] U.S.Code Cong. & Admin.News, p. 4316. The present appeal raises issues with respect to the application of those laws to acts committed in June 1977 by appellants Diz-dar, Brekalo, and Buconjic on the premises of the Yugoslavian…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Hamling v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- United States v. FeolaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Smith v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- United States v. Ralph Kelly Taylor, IICourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
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3Cited by21 opinions
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- United States v. Anthony Frank Gaggi, Henry Borelli, Peter Lafroscia, Ronald Ustica, Edward Rendini and Ronald TurekianCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1987
- United States v. Ibrahim Abushi, Mahmud A. Ghanem, Mohammed Eid Awad, and Muti ShumanCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
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