Legal Opinion
United States v. Lewis
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided September 30, 2014No. 13-3173PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judge.
This venue case requires us to decide whether a convicted sex offender who violates 18 U.S.C. § 2250(a) when he (1) abandons his residence in one state, (2) moves from that state to another, and (3) knowingly fails to update his sex offender registration can be prosecuted in the state from which he departed. In other words, is venue proper in the departure district for the federal crime of knowingly failing to register as a sex offender after traveling in interstate commerce?
We find that it is, and, exercising jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, we AFFIRM the…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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