18 U.S.C. § 5
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 30
cases (7 in the last 5 years), 1971–2025 · leading case: Dorsey v. United States, 132 S. Ct. 2321 (2012).
Dorsey v. United States, 132 S. Ct. 2321 (2012). “§§1–8, and the definitional provisions of the federal criminal law, see 18 U. S. C. §§5–27 (2006 ed. and Supp. IV), is to provide a stable set of background princi- ples that will promote effective communication between Congress and the courts.”
United States v. Acosta-Martinez, 252 F.3d 13 (1st Cir. 2001). “See 18 U.S.C. § 5 . Further, both section 924 and 1513 refer to the general federal murder statute, 18 U.”
United States v. Gurr, Bernard, 471 F.3d 144 (D.C. Cir. 2006). “Code Title 18 applies in American Samoa regardless of whether the Secretary of the Department of the Interior has said so explicitly, see 18 U.S.C. § 5 , and American Samoan courts do not have jurisdiction of violations of Title 18, see id.”
Cispes (Comm. in Solidarity With the People of El Salvador) v. Fed. Bureau of Investigation, 770 F.2d 468 (5th Cir. 1985). “As used in this subsection, the United States includes all areas under the jurisdiction of the United States including any of the places within the provisions of sections 5 and 7 of this title [18 USCS §§ 5 and 7] and section 101(34) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, as…”
United States v. Robert Turchin, 21 F.4th 1192 (9th Cir. 2022). “See 18 U.S.C. § 5 (“The term ‘United States,’ as used in this title in a territorial sense, includes all places and waters, continental or insular, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, except the Canal Zone.”
United States v. Concepcion Sablan, 555 F. Supp. 2d 1177 (D. Colo. 2006). “That statute defines the United States in a “territorial sense” that includes all places and waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. I agree with Defendant that this statute only describes where the provisions of the criminal code apply in connection with Title…”
United States v. Kil Soo Lee, 472 F.3d 638 (9th Cir. 2006). “The United States District Court for the District of Hawaii is a “district court of the United States.”
United States v. Ettleson, 13 M.J. 348 (1982). “If that statute has no extraterritorial application, it cannot be relied on under the third clause of Article 134 to punish acts or omissions which occur outside the “United States” as defined in 18 U.S.C. § 5 . United States v. Gladue, 4 M.”
United States v. Manuel Leija-Sanchez, 820 F.3d 899 (7th Cir. 2016). “Maybe the word means the territory of the United States, see 18 U.S.C. § 5 ; maybe it means prescriptive authority; maybe it *902 means something like the “special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States,” a phrase defined in 18 U.”
United States v. Holmes, 414 F. Supp. 831 (D. Maryland 1976). “” 5 18 U.S.C. § 5 . Beyond doubt, lands and waters in Harford County, Maryland are geographically within the continental area subject to the jurisdiction of the United States and are, therefore, “within the jurisdiction of the United States” for the purposes of § 1382.”
United States v. Angel Diaz, 712 F.2d 36 (2d Cir. 1983). “The government argues, however, that we should read the term “court of the United States” in § 1202(a)(1) in light of 18 U.S.C. § 5 , which provides, The term “United States”, as used in this title in a territorial sense, includes all places and waters, continental or insular,…”
United States v. Lee, 159 F. Supp. 2d 1241 (D. Haw. 2001). “Lee argues that he should be charged and tried by American Samoan authorities.”
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