U.S. v. De Leon, No. 00-2372 (1st Cir.) (270 F.3d 90) (November 2, 2001) (Judge Michael Boudin)
Here the Court held that 8 USC ยง 1326 which criminalizes attempts to reenter the U.S. after a previous deportation applied to an alien on board a vessel in international waters, outside the U.S. contiguous zone and some 15 nautical miles from Puerto Rico.
In this case, the defendant was ...
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