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- Title: United States v. Winters
- Author : Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
- Release Date : January 08, 1994
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 56 KB
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MERRITT, Chief Judge. The federal statute outlawing "murder for hire" states that whoever uses the mails in interstate commerce or causes another to do so "with intent" to commit murder for hire is guilty of a federal offense. 18 U.S.C. § 1958 (the "Murder for Hire Act"). The central question in this case is whether this statute requires intentional use of the mails or some element of knowledge respecting the use of the mails. We find that it does not. Since we also conclude that District Judge McKeague correctly denied defendants Rule 29 motion for judgment of acquittal and properly refused to admit certain hearsay testimony, we affirm his decision.