Legal Opinion
United States v. Tito Juan Pino-Perez
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 10, 1989No. 88-1507PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
We decided to hear this case en banc, pursuant to Circuit Rule 40(f), in order to decide whether violation of the federal “kingpin” statute, 21 U.S.C. § 848 (Continuing Criminal Enterprises, Title II, § 408, of the Organized Crime Control Act of 1970), is “an offense against the United States” within the meaning of the federal aider and abettor statute, 18 U.S.C. § 2(a). That statute provides: “Whoever commits an offense against the United States or aids, abets, counsels, commands, induces or procures its commission, is punishable as a principal.” A panel of this court…
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