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U.S. v. Nguyen, No. 95-20889 (5th Cir.) (117 F.3d 796) (July 7, 1997) (Per Curiam)

Although the majority rather routinely rejected a challenge based on a failure to prove the interstate commerce element of § 844(I), the case is noted principally for Judge Jones' dissent where she called this conciction "an abuse of the federal government's authority to prosecute this local revenge murder. . . ...

 

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