· 2/14/1973
United States v. Alfred Erdos
Citations
- 474 F.2d 157
- 24 A.L.R. Fed. 356
- 1973 U.S. App. LEXIS 11608
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- holding that “venue is in the district ... where the defendant is first restrained of his liberty in connection with the offense charged.”
- holding that subsection 7(3) grants territorial jurisdiction over the American embassy in Equatorial Guinea
- holding that defendant was not in custody when plane to United States landed in Boston, hence venue did not lie in Massachusetts for overseas killing
- ruling that embassies comprise part of \special territorial jurisdiction\ of United States
- finding that limiting phrase in statute is independent of and does not modify two earlier phrases because the limiting phrase is separated from the first two by a comma and the disjunctive “or”
- finding that limiting phrase in statute is independent of and does not modify two earlier phrases because the limiting phrase is separated from the first two by a comma and the disjunctive \or\
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Judges: Haynsworth, Craven, Widener
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