United States v. Robert K. Souza, Jr.

BEEZER, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Robert K. Souza was caught forcefully entering, and removing articles from, a parked vehicle within the boundaries of the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Souza pled guilty to Unauthorized Entry into a Motor Vehicle (“UEMV”), in violation of Haw.Rev.Stat. § 708-836.5 (2003), as assimilated into federal law by the Assimilative Crimes Act (“ACA” or “the Act”), 18 U.S.C. § 13. Souza asserts that his conviction was improper because applicable federal statutes govern, thereby precluding the Hawaii statute from being assimilated into federal law.

We have jurisdiction,…