18 U.S.C. § 1651
Piracy under law of nations
Whoever, on the high seas, commits the crime of piracy as defined by the law of nations, and is afterwards brought into or found in the United States, shall be imprisoned for life.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 69
cases (8 in the last 5 years), 1970–2026 · leading case: United States v. Dire, 680 F.3d 446 (4th Cir. 2012).
United States v. Dire, 680 F.3d 446 (4th Cir. 2012). “The defendants, all Somalis, were swiftly apprehended and then transported to the Eastern District of Virginia, where they were convicted of the crime of piracy, as proscribed by 18 U.S.C. § 1651 , plus myriad other criminal offenses.”
United States v. Hasan, 747 F. Supp. 2d 599 (E.D. Va. 2010). “Count One charges Defendants with the offense of piracy as defined by the law of nations, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1651 . The motions have been fully briefed, the Court has heard oral argument, and the matter is now ripe for decision.”
United States v. Mohamed Said, 798 F.3d 182 (4th Cir. 2015). “18 U.S.C. § 1651 . On June 9, 2010, the defendants and Ibrahim moved to dismiss the piracy charge of the initial indictment, contending that piracy under § 1651 requires a robbery at sea.”
United States v. Ali, 885 F. Supp. 2d 17 (D.D.C. 2012). “2 The indictment alleges conspiracy to commit piracy under 18 U.S.C. §§ 1651 , 371 (Count One); piracy and aiding and abetting under 18 U.”
United States v. Mohammad Shibin, 722 F.3d 233 (4th Cir. 2013). “Piracy under the law of nations, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1651 and 2; 2. Conspiracy to commit hostage taking, in violation of 18 U.”
United States v. Arness, 74 M.J. 441 (C.A.A.F. 2015). “In turn, Dew relied on two decisions in which we found jurisdiction under the All Writs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1651 (a) (2012), to entertain petitions for extraordinary relief where the sentence was less than that required for review before the service courts.”
Beyle v. United States, 269 F. Supp. 3d 716 (E.D. Va. 2017). “• Count Twenty: Piracy Under the Law of Nations,' in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1651 , 3238, and 2. • Count Twenty-One: Use, Carry, and Brandish a Firearm During a Crime of Violence, in violation of 18 U.”
United States v. Said, 757 F. Supp. 2d 554 (E.D. Va. 2010). “All Defendants jointly move the Court to dismiss Count One of the Superseding Indictment, which alleges that Defendants “committed the crime of piracy as defined by the law of nations,” in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1651 . Defendants argue that the Count should be dismissed…”
James Owens v. Repub. of Sudan, 864 F.3d 751 (D.C. Cir. 2017). “§ 1605 (a)(3) (authorizing jurisdiction where “rights in property [are] taken in violation of international law”), as well as in other statutes, see 18 U.S.C. § 1651 (proscribing “the crime of piracy as defined by the law of nations”).”
Doe v. Exxon Mobil Corp., 654 F.3d 11 (D.C. Cir. 2011). “2d at 614 (citing 18 U.S.C. § 1651 and, inter alia, United States v.”
United States v. Hasan, 747 F. Supp. 2d 642 (E.D. Va. 2010). “The Indictment charged all five Defendants with: (1) Piracy under the Law of Nations, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1651 and 2; (2) Attack to Plunder Vessel, in violation of 18 U.”
United States v. Ali Ali, 718 F.3d 929 (D.C. Cir. 2013). “§ 2 , Count Two charged Ali with committing piracy under the law of nations, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1651 , which provides, “Whoever, on the *934 high seas, commits the crime of piracy as defined by the law of nations, and is after-wards brought into or found in the United…”
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