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Preacher: Abandonment not applicable defense to using interstate facility for murder

By Tim Cone

In U.S. v. Preacher, No. 10-10492 (Jan. 28, 2011), the Court held that an abandonment defense was not available for the offense of using a facility of interstate commerce with the intent that a murder for hire be committed.Preacher used a cell phone to contact someone with the idea of hiring someone to commit murder. Preacher later got scared and ?cancelled the deal.? Nevertheless, the offense of using a facility of interstate commerce was complete. The defense of abandonment therefore was not available to Preacher. The Court affirmed his conviction.

Full post as published by Defense Newsletter Blog on January 28, 2011 (boomark / email).