U.S. Supreme Court,
Criminal,
Constitutional Law
Sep. 11, 2014
Justices consider statutory text limits
Can a person be guilty of federal bank fraud even where his scheme contemplates no deception of a bank?
Can a person be guilty of federal bank fraud even where his scheme contemplates no deception of a bank? Can a person be guilty of "forced accompaniment" during a bank robbery where, hiding from the police, he directs a person into a room of her own home?
These questions are raised in U.S. Supreme Court cases in the immediate past and upcoming terms, and they have something in common. In each, the plain meaning of a statute's text arguably compels a conviction. Yet in each the defe...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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