Legal Opinion
United States v. Jean Toviave
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 4, 2014No. 13-1441PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ROGERS, Circuit Judge.
Child abuse is a state crime, but not a federal crime. Forced labor is a federal crime, 18 U.S.C. § 1589, but the statute obviously does not extend to requiring one’s children to do their homework, babysit on occasion, and do household chores. Only by bootstrapping can this combination of two actions that are not federal crimes — child abuse and requiring children to do household chores — be read as a federal crime.
Defendant Toviave brought four young relatives from Togo to live with him in Michigan. After they arrived, Toviave made the children cook, clean, and…
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