United States v. John Hansl (2006)

E.g., United States v. Hansl, 439 F.3d 850, 853 (8th Cir.2006).

United States v. Hansl, 439 F.3d 850, 853 (8th Cir.2006).

In United States v. Hansl, the Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit concluded that: “Hansl’s admitted conduct as a member of the Death’s Head Battalion, guarding the perimeters of concentration camps while armed, issuing orders, and threatening to shoot anyone who attempted to leave a concentration camp is more than sufficient to meet the common definition of personally assisting in the persecution of a group of persons based on their race, religion, or national origin.” …

In United States v. Hansl, the Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit concluded that: “Hansl’s admitted conduct as a member of the Death’s Head Battalion, guarding the perimeters of concentration camps while armed, issuing orders, and threatening to shoot anyone who attempted to leave a concentration camp is more than sufficient to meet the common definition of personally assisting in the persecution of a group of persons based on their race, religion, or national origin.” …

E.g., United States v. Hansl, 439 F.3d 850, 853 (8th Cir. 2006).

See, e.g., Fedorenko, 449 U.S. at 512–13; Hansl, 439 F.3d at 854 (“The district court correctly stated that ‘[t]he plain language of RRA section 14(a) does not contain a voluntariness requirement.’ Absent the express use of the word ‘voluntary,’ we must conclude that the statute meant to include all those who assist in persecution.”); Kumpf, 438 F.3d 790–91 (“[T]he plain language of the Refugee Relief Act lacks a voluntariness requirement.”); Bah v. Ashcroft, 341 F.3d 348, 3…

“This court may affirm on any basis supported by the record.” Hasenwinkel v. Mosaic, 809 F.3d 427, 431 (8th Cir. 2015). “[T]he Government ‘carries a heavy burden of proof in a proceeding to divest a naturalized citizen of his citizenship’ ” because the loss of American citizenship can have “severe and unsettling consequences.” Fedorenko v. United States, 449 U.S. 490, 505 , 101 S.Ct. 737 , 66 L.Ed.2d 686 (1981) (quoting Costello v. United States, 365 U.S. 265, 269 , 81 S.Ct.…

See United States v. Hansl, 439 F.3d 850, 854 (8th Cir. 2006); United States v. Kumpf, 438 F.3d 785 , 790–91 (7th Cir. 2006); United States v. Friedrich, 402 F.3d 842 , 844–45 (8th Cir. 2005). 4 The majority’s discussion of the Child Soldiers Accountability Act of 2008, Pub.

See, e.g., United States v. Hansl, 439 F.3d 850, 853-54 (8th Cir.2006) (reiterating that, in the absence of an express definition for a term used in a criminal statute, the court must “interpret the words as having their ordinary, common meaning” (citing United States v. Fountain, 83 F.3d 946, 952 (8th Cir.1996))).