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U.S. Attorneys' Manual

U.S. Attorneys' Manual
Criminal Resource Manual

1310. Additional Research Sources

There are several authorities that can be consulted when researching various issues under the Dyer Act. Some of these include the following:

  1. 56 A.L.R.2d 1309 - Validity and Construction of National Motor Vehicle Theft Act;
  2. 15 A.L.R.Fed. 919 - What Constitutes "Motor Vehicle" Within Meaning of the National Motor Vehicle Theft Act (Dyer Act) (18 U.S.C. §  2311-2313);
  3. 15 A.L.R.Fed. 856 - Presumptions and Inferences Arising in Prosecutions under National Motor Vehicle Theft Act (Dyer Act) (18 U.S.C. §  2312-2313) from Unexplained Possession of Stolen Motor Vehicles;
  4. 15 A.L.R.Fed. 888 - Requirements as to Interstate Character of Offense Under Provision of National Motor Theft Act (Dyer Act) (18 U.S.C. §  2313) Making it Offense to Receive, Conceal, Store, Barter, Sell, or Dispose of Stolen Motor Vehicle Moving as, or Which is Part of or Constitutes, Interstate Commerce;
  5. 45 A.L.R.Fed. 370 - Construction and Application of Word "Stolen" in National Motor Vehicle Theft Act (Dyer Act) (18 U.S.C. § 2311-2313); and
  6. Devitt and Blackmar, Federal Jury Practice and Instructions (3d ed.) Chapter 45, Interstate Transportation of Stolen Property-Motor Vehicle (Dyer Act, etc.) (18 U.S.C. §§ 2312, 2314, and 2315).

[cited in USAM 9-61.100]