United States v. Charles Freeman

KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge:

As legislation proliferates and judicial decisions multiply, our criminal law daily takes on increased complexity and sophistication. Subtle distinctions are constantly drawn; more perfect refinements continue to evolve. At the same time, however, there are a small number of more basic questions which cut across the whole of this evolutionary process, questions so fundamental to the very notion of criminal justice that they must continue to be asked — and, insofar as pos*608sible, answered — if the criminal law is truly to reflect the moral sense of the community. This…