Legal Opinion
United States v. Otherson
District Court, S.D. California
Decided December 13, 1979No. Crim. 79-682-TPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER DEFINING “INHABITANT” AS USED IN 18 U.S.C. § 242
TURRENTINE, District Judge.
The defendants in this case are four United States Border Patrol agents who are accused of depriving certain aliens of their civil rights in violation of Title 18 U.S.C. Section 242. 1 The accusation arises out of incidents on July 3 and 4,1979, in which the defendants allegedly mistreated and assaulted several illegal entrants whom the defendants had apprehended on the United States side of the United States-Mexico border. The defendants contend that the victims were not “inhabitants of any State, Territory or…
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