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U.S. v. Jimenez-Torres, No. 03-1138 (1st Cir.) (435 F.3d 3) (January 11, 2006) (Judge Jeffrey R. Howard)

Loaded on Jan. 1, 2006 published in Punch and Jurists January 09, 2006
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Interstate Commerce - Effect on.

The Hobbs Act (18 U.S.C. ยง 1951(a)) turns robberies into Federal offenses if the prosecutor can show any connection to interstate commerce. In the annals of interstate commerce jurisprudence, many strange, strained, and even comical rulings have upheld Federal jurisdiction on the basis of some minute connection to interstate commerce. ...

 

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