Supreme Court of the United States

Divna Maslenjak, Petitioner v. United States.

June 22, 2017137 S. Ct. 1918

Summary

The Court held that to convict under 18 U.S.C. §1425(a) the Government must prove that the defendant's illegal conduct, such as a false statement, played a causal role in obtaining citizenship, and vacated the Sixth Circuit’s judgment, remanding for further proceedings.