Whoever breaks the seal or lock of any railroad car, vessel, aircraft, motortruck, wagon or other vehicle or of any pipeline system, containing interstate or foreign shipments of freight or express or other property, or enters any such vehicle or pipeline system with intent in either case to commit larceny therein, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both. If the offense involves a pre-retail medical product (as defined in section 670) the punishment for the offense shall be the same as the punishment for an offense under section 670 unless the punishment under this section is greater.
A judgment of conviction or acquittal on the merits under the laws of any State shall be a bar to any prosecution under this section for the same act or acts. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed as indicating an intent on the part of Congress to occupy the field in which provisions of this section operate to the exclusion of State laws on the same subject matter, nor shall any provision of this section be construed as invalidating any provision of State law unless such provision is inconsistent with any of the purposes of this section or any provision thereof.
Notes of Decisions
Rose v. State (1988)
texcrimapp · cites it 2×
“Appellant had been convicted of breaking a seal fixed to interstate shipping ( 18 U.S.C. § 2117 ), forgery, burglary, and, on two occasions, robbery.”
Bartkus v. Illinois (1959)
scotus · cites it 2×
“, 18 U. S. C. § 2117 (burglary of vehicle of transportation carrying interstate or foreign shipments).”
California v. Zook (1949)
scotus · cites it 2×
“§ 1951 or 18 U.S.C. § 2117 is immune from state action; that the wrecking of a bridge over an interstate railroad is an "exclusively federal" offense, 18 U.”
Martin v. Commonwealth (1982)
va
“2 The statute in question may have been adopted from a federal law, 18 U.S.C. § 2117 , which provides, in part: “§ 2117.”
United States v. Jumo Dillard (2000)
ca2
“If a stowaway or drifter who commits the crime of burglary on a vessel or in a railroad boxcar, see 18 U.S.C. §§ 2117 , 2199, is sufficiently dangerous to be eligible for a detention hearing, we would think the same would be true of a convicted bank robber found in illegal…”
United States v. Garcia-Castillo (2005)
ca10 · cites it 2×
“§ 1991 ; and by breaking or entering carrier facilities, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2117 ; (2) trespassing upon a railroad car with intent to commit a crime, in violation of 18 U.”
United States v. Frederick Martin Price (1986)
ca4
“§ 660 ; and breaking and entering carrier facilities, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2117 . Price was arraigned on August 30, 1983; he entered a plea of not guilty on all counts.”
United States v. William Connell Holbert (1978)
ca5
“§ 371 , and breaking a seal on a trailer containing an interstate shipment of freight with intent to commit larceny in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2117 . He appeals from the judgment of guilty entered upon that verdict and the sentence imposed thereupon.”
United States v. Simone (1953)
ca2
“If you have a reasonable doubt after you consider the case of any defendant, you have to acquit him.”
Lawrence Harold Wood v. United States (1966)
ca8
“Appellant has twice been convicted of violating Title 18 U.S.C.A. § 2117 . 1 We reversed the first conviction and remanded for a new trial, 342 F.”
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