Case Name: Lewis v. United States
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1997-05-13
Citations: 520 U.S. 1226
Docket Number: No. 96-7151
Parties: Lewis v. United States.
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Reports
Volume: 520
Pages: 1226–1226

Head Matter:
No. 96-7151.
Lewis v. United States.

Opinion:
C. A. 5th Cir. [Cer-tiorari granted, ante, p. 1209.] The order granting the petition for writ of certiorari is amended to read: Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Certiorari granted limited to the following question: "Whether petitioner was properly charged and convicted for the murder of her four-year-old stepdaughter under the Assimilative Crimes Statute, 18 U. S. C. § 13, and the Louisiana child murder statute, La. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 14:30(A)(5) (West 1986), and if not, whether the sentence was proper?"