Conditional intent to kill is enough for federal carjacking conviction

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 985-1012

  Norborg, Chris ^a  

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EID: 0034554502     PISSN: 00914169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1144282     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. 119 S. Ct. 966 (1999).
2. 18 U.S.C.A. § 2119 (West Supp. 1999).
3. For the purposes of this Note, "intent to cause death or serious bodily harm" will be expressed as "intent to kill."
4. See Holloway, 119 S. Ct. at 970.
5. Id. at 971.
6. Id. at 972, 977. Justices Scalia and Thomas each wrote separate dissenting opinions.
7. Id. at 972.
8. Id. at 972 n.14. The rule of lenity is "the judicial doctrine by which courts decline to interpret criminal statutes so as to increase penalty imposed, absent clear evidence
9. Hughey v. United States, 495 U.S. 411, 422 (1990).
10. Holloway v. United States, 119 S. Ct. 966, 977 (1999) (Thomas, J., dissenting).