U.S. v. HILL

No. 00-30023.

257 F.3d 1116 (2001)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Patricia King HILL, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 27, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ephraim Margolin, Law Offices of Ephraim Margolin, San Francisco, California, for the defendant-appellant.

Christopher L. Cardani, Assistant United States Attorney, Eugene, Oregon, for the plaintiff-appellee.

Before: T.G. NELSON, GRABER, and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.


T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents three questions: (1) whether it is constitutional to prosecute a wife for harboring her fugitive husband or for being an accessory after the fact to his crime; (2) whether the federal proscription against harboring a fugitive confers jurisdiction even if the harboring occurs outside the United States; and (3) whether an accessory indictment that fails to specify the principal's crime is legally sufficient. Because we...

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