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U.S. v. Cisneros, No. 98-40955 (5th Cir.) (203 F.3d 333) (February 3, 2000) (Judge E. Grady Jolly)

After noting a statutory ambiguity in, and a Circuit split on the interpretation of, the Federal murder-for-hire statute (18 USC § 1958), the Fifth Circuit held that the Government had sufficiently established the interstate commerce connection.

In analyzing the provisions of 18 U.S.C. § 1958, the Court noted that "Section ...

 

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