Legal Opinion

United States v. Gaetano Frizzi

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided January 30, 1974No. 73-1131PublishedCited by 43 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ALDRICH, Senior Circuit Judge.

With this case we hope to complete our coverage of 18 U.S.C. § 111, the statute conferring federal jurisdiction over prosecutions for assaulting or otherwise impeding certain federal officers while in the performance of their duties, most recently discussed in United States v. Perkins, 1 Cir., 1973, 488 F.2d 652. As we there indicated, the statute has several purposes. One is to punish deliberate forcible interference even when no other misconduct is involved. See Finn v. United States, 9 Cir., 1955, 219 F.2d 894, cert. denied 349 U.S. 906, 75 S.Ct. 583, 99 L.Ed.…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. United States v. Carlos MarcelloCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
  2. Commonwealth v. SlaneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1962
  3. Long v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1952
  4. Whitsett v. RansomSupreme Court of Missouri · 1883
  5. Robinson v. DoeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916

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3Cited by43 opinions

  1. United States v. Daniel Reid and Theodore E. Thomas, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
  2. United States v. TaylorCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2017
  3. United States v. Sandra Hernandez, A/K/A "Cha Cha," Ronnie Lee Tape, Karen McCalvin Rodney Gilmore, Rickey RogersCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1991
  4. United States v. Jerry Span, United States of America v. Darlene SpanCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1992
  5. United States v. Raymond Carl SkeetCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982

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