Legal Opinion
United States v. Kabat
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 22, 1986No. Nos. 85-1416 to 85-1418 and 85-1659PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.
The issue in this case is whether a federal prohibition against sabotage, 18 U.S.C. § 2155 (1982), that requires that the accused have acted “with intent to injure, interfere with, or obstruct the national defense of the United States” can be applied against nuclear protestors who intentionally damage missile sites. Carl Kabat, Paul Kabat, Lawrence Jacob Cloud-Morgan, and Martin John Holladay were convicted by jury of sabotage and other crimes for their activities at two Minuteman II missile silos in Missouri, and on appeal they raise lack of intent as well as…
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