Legal Opinion
United States v. Krstic
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 10, 2009No. 08-30022PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:
We are confronted with a thorny question of statutory interpretation to discern whether an alien may be prosecuted for possession of an authentic immigration document obtained by means of a false statement.
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A
Milenko Krstic, a Serbian national, worked as an engineer in the Bosnian city of Banovici until civil war broke out in 1992. After Bosnian authorities imposed curfews and employment restrictions in Banovici, Krstic and his family fled to several war-torn locations throughout Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. Eventually, Krstic found himself conscripted into the…
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