Legal Opinion
United States v. Eric v. Johnson
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 22, 1994No. 93-5974PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MERRITT, Chief Judge.
This criminal appeal raises a double jeopardy question arising from the enforcement of two federal criminal statutes, the armed carjacking statute and the armed violence enhancement statute, as well as a question of Commerce Clause interpretation respecting the federal jurisdictional element of the carjacking statute. In 1992 Congress enacted the carjacking statute (18 U.S.C. § 2119) which criminalizes the theft from the “presence of another” of a car “transported, shipped or received in interstate” commerce while “possessing a firearm” during the commission of the…
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