When Can You Be Convicted of a Crime That Is Not a Crime?

Doyle, Charles

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Criminal justice;    Murder;    Judicial opinions;   

RP-ID  :  LSB10161
RP-ID  :  LSB10161_2018June29

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report discusses the case United States v. Melgar-Cabrera. A panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (Tenth Circuit) recently upheld the murder conviction of the defendant who the court conceded had been "convicted of a crime that is not a crime."