United States Fifth Circuit

The phrase "facility in interstate commerce" in the federal murder-for-hire statute, 18 USC 1958, is synonymous with the use of an "interstate commerce facility" and satisfies the jurisdictional element of the statute, irrespective of whether the particular transaction in question is itself interstate or wholly intrastate.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/04/2001
• Published 01/04/2001

Judges

• WIENER, Circuit Judge:, Before REYNALDO G. GARZA, POLITZ, JOLLY, HIGGINBOTHAM, DAVIS, JONES, SMITH, WIENER, BARKSDALE, EMILIO M. GARZA, DeMOSS, BENAVIDES, STEWART, PARKER and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Roland E. Dahlin, II, Fed. Public Defender, Renata Ann Gowie, Asst. Fed. Public Defender (argued), Houston, TX, for Betty Louise Marek., David L. Botsford (argued), Sheinfeld, Maley & Kay, Austin, TX, J.A. Canales, Jo Ellen Hewins, Canales & Simonson, Corpus Christi, TX, for Dora Garcia Cisneros.


• For Appellees:
  
• Kathlyn Giannaula Snyder (argued), James Lee Turner, Asst. U.S. Atty., Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.