Justice Thomas, dissenting. I cannot accept the majority’s interpretation of the term “intent” in 18 U. S. C. §2119 (1994 ed. and Supp. III) to include the concept of conditional intent. The central difficulty in this case is that the text is silent as to the meaning of “intent” — the carjacking statute does not define that word, and Title 18 of the United States Code, unlik…
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