United States v. Cannon, et al., No. 12-20514 (5th Cir. 2014)
Annotate this CaseDefendants appealed their convictions for committing a hate crime under the Mathew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009, 18 U.S.C. 249(a)(1). The court affirmed, concluding that the Supreme Court's Thirteenth Amendment precedent allowed Congress to define and regulate the "badges" and "incidents" of slavery so long as their definition is rational, and the Act survived rational basis review. The court also concluded that there was sufficient evidence in the record from which a reasonable jury could conclude that defendants caused bodily injury to the victim because of his race.
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