Section 924 - Penalties
18 U.S.C. § 924 Cited 65,766 times 186 Legal AnalysesHolding that conviction for eluding police, under Maine statute which provides that "[w]hoever, after being requested or signaled to stop, attempts to elude a law enforcement officer by driving a vehicle at a reckless rate of speed which results in a high-speed chase between the operator's vehicle and any law enforcement vehicle using a blue light and siren is guilty" of a felony-level crime, involves conduct that presents a serious potential risk of physical injury to another for purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)
Section 2332b - Acts of terrorism transcending national boundaries
18 U.S.C. § 2332b Cited 1,937 times 2 Legal AnalysesDefining "terrorist act" as conduct that, among other things, "creates a substantial risk of serious bodily injury to any other person"
Section 2332a - Use of weapons of mass destruction
18 U.S.C. § 2332a Cited 222 times 3 Legal AnalysesProhibiting the threatened, attempted, or actual use of a weapon of mass destruction
Section 1113 - Attempt to commit murder or manslaughter
18 U.S.C. § 1113 Cited 123 timesMaking it a crime to attempt to commit murder within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States
Section 46506 - Application of certain criminal laws to acts on aircraft
49 U.S.C. § 46506 Cited 44 timesApplying certain criminal laws to acts on aircraft, including, but not limited to, 18 U.S.C. §§ 113 (assaults), 114 (maiming), 661 (theft), 1111 (murder), 1112 (manslaughter), 2241 (aggravated sexual abuse), and 2243 (sexual abuse of a minor or ward)