Legal Opinion
United States v. John Peter McGoff
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided October 13, 1987No. 87-3005PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STARR, Circuit Judge:
This case presents an issue of first impression. The precise question is whether the statute of limitations for the offense of failing to register as required by the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 (FARA), 22 U.S.C. §§ 611-621 (1982 & Supp. Ill 1985), begins to run on (1) the last day that an unregistered foreign agent acts on behalf of a foreign principal, or (2) the first day that a formerly unregistered agent actually registers. Under the former approach, the Government’s attempted prosecution of the defendant in this case is time-barred. Under the latter…
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