Legal Opinion
United States v. Robert Morris Postal, Salem L. Forsythe, and George A. Chitty
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 15, 1979No. 77-5354PublishedCited by 196 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:
This case presents a consequential issue of international and domestic law that has been noted in this circuit but not yet authoritatively decided: whether a court of the United States can assert jurisdiction over persons arrested aboard a foreign vessel seized beyond the twelve-mile limit in violation of a particular provision of a treaty to which the United States and the foreign country are parties. 1 We hold that such a violation does not divest the court of jurisdiction over the defendants.
The defendants in this case were convicted in a joint bench trial of…
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