Legal Opinion
United States v. Sweeney
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 28, 2000No. 99-2207PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Per curiam
Following a bench trial, the district court found defendant-appellant John Sweeney, Jr., guilty on one count of criminal contempt of a court order. See United States v. Sweeney, 52 F.Supp.2d 164 (D.Mass.1999). Sweeney now appeals, complaining that the government charged and tried him pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 401(3) rather than 18 U.S.C. § 402 in order to deny him a trial by jury, 1 and that this charging decision abridged his constitutional rights. See, e.g., United States v. Pyle, 518 F.Supp. 139, 145-46 (E.D.Pa.1981) (holding that defendants who were charged under section 401, but who could…
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