18 U.S.C. § 2273
Destruction of vessel by nonowner
Whoever, not being an owner, upon the high seas or on any other waters within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United States, willfully and corruptly casts away or otherwise destroys any vessel of the United States to which he belongs, or willfully attempts the destruction thereof, shall be imprisoned not more than ten years.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 1976–1991 · leading case: United States v. Newball
United States v. Newball (1981)
“Count Two charges that two of the defendants, Carlos Newball and Ignacio Parentes-Herrera, willfully attempted to destroy a “vessel of the United States” on the high seas in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2273 . In pertinent part Section 955a(a) of Title 21, cited in Count One, makes…”
United States v. Dorian Douglas Whaley (1986)
“§§ 2273 (destruction of vessel by nonowner), 2274 (destruction of vessel by person in charge), and 2278 (breaking and entering vessel) also require proof of at least one different element, that the acts occurred within the maritime and admiralty jurisdiction of the United States.”
T.P.H. v. State (1991)
“was adjudicated a delinquent on the charge of conspiracy to burn the shrimp boat “Blue Sun” in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2273 (1988) (destruction of vessel by nonowner) 18 U.”
United States v. Gidley (1976)
“18 U.S.C. § 2273 (emphasis added). The specific inclusion of an attempt provision in section 2273 indicates that its omission from section 2272 was not accidental.”
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