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Generic "Arson" Is Willful and Malicious Burning of Property; Doesn't Require Threat of Harm to a Person

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United States v. Velez-Alderete, No. 08-20557 (5th Cir. June 2, 2009) (per curiam) (King, Garwood, Davis)Various COV definitions include "arson" as an enumerated offense. Ever wondered what generic arson is? Wonder no longer. Velez-Alderete holds, as have other circuits, that "the generic, contemporary definition of arson involves a willful and malicious burning of property[,]" without any

Full post as published by Fifth Circuit Blog on June 04, 2009 (boomark / email).

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