United States v. William Sturgill

ENGEL, Circuit Judge.

This appeal arises from three misdemean- or convictions in the district court under the Assimilative Crimes Act of 1948, 18 U.S.C. § 13, 1 and concerned a June 10, 1976 altercation at the United States Naval Ordnance Station in Louisville, Kentucky, between defendant Sturgill, a machinist at the station, and Joseph Frank Scott, a security guard at the station. No good purpose is served by reciting in detail the hotly disputed facts of the incident. It suffices to say that a complaint was filed with the United States Magistrate on June 24, 1976, charging Sturgill with…