U.S. v. Alvarez-Machain, No. 91-712 (U.S. Supreme Court) (504 U.S. 655; 112 S.Ct. 2188) (June 15, 1992) (Justice Rehnquist)
Here the majority held that a criminal defendant, abducted to the United States from a nation with which it has an extradition treaty, does not thereby acquire a defense to the jurisdiction of this country's courts and thus he may be tried in U.S.
Here the respondent moved to dismiss …
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