Legal Opinion
United States v. Howard D. Reagan
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided December 9, 1971No. 71-1262PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAM E. MILLER, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a conviction for voluntary manslaughter. 18 U.S.C. Sec. 1111 provides that murder in the first degree is the unlawful killing of a human being with malice aforethought or if committed in perpetration of any robbery or burglary within “the special maritime * * * jurisdiction of the United States.”
18 U.S.C. Sec. 7 specifically defines the special maritime jurisdiction of the United States as follows:
The term “special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States,” as used in this title, includes:(1) The high seas, any other…
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