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United States v. Chapman
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided January 18, 1971No. Crim. No. 174-70-APublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
WALTER E. HOFFMAN, Chief Judge.
On June 9, 1970, the defendant was arrested by U.S. Park Police at the Washington National Airport and was charged and prosecuted in federal court for illegal posseession of marihuana in violation of the Code of Virginia, sections 54-488 and 54-516, under the Assimilative Crimes Act, 18 U.S.C., section 13. At his trial, the defendant moved to dismiss contending that Congress has enacted laws which prohibit his alleged crime and, therefore, he should not have been prosecuted under the Virginia statute but rather under the applicable federal law. The…
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