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U.S. v. HELEM

No. 97-4866.

186 F.3d 449 (1999)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Charles Wesley HELEM, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: July 28, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: George Alan DuBois, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellant. Yvonne Victoria Watford-McKinney, Assistant United States Attorney, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: William Arthur Webb, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellant. Janice McKenzie Cole, United States Attorney, Anne M. Hayes, Assistant United States Attorney, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.

Before MURNAGHAN and LUTTIG, Circuit Judges, and WILLIAMS, Senior United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting by designation.

Affirmed by published opinion. Senior Judge WILLIAMS wrote the opinion, in which Judge MURNAGHAN and Judge LUTTIG joined.

OPINION

WILLIAMS, Senior District Judge:

This case presents the question whether physical violence that occurs before interstate travel begins can satisfy the "in the course or as a result of that conduct" requirement of 18 U.S.C. § 2261(a)(2), one of the provisions of the Violence Against Women Act ("VAWA"), enacted by Congress...

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