Legal Opinion
Robert Edward Clark v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided May 14, 1959No. 7834_1PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOBELOFF, Chief Judge.
The defendant, Robert Edward Clark, broke into the Officers’ Club at the United States Army post in Fort Monroe, Virginia, on the night of February 1, 1958. forced open the safe and stole its contents. The Assimilative Crimes Act, 18 U.S.C.A. § 13, 1 subjects the actor to the penal laws of the State in which a federal enclave is situated if the act committed on such enclave is not made punishable by any enactment of Congress. See Williams v. United States, 1946, 327 U.S. 711, 724, 66 S.Ct. 778, 90 L.Ed. 962. Since breaking and entering on an Army base is not punishable…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Roviaro v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Heflin v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Prince v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Morgan v. DevineSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Claassen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Raymond E. McMillen Jr. v. United States of America, Douglas Gruchy v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1967
- United States v. J. W. Johnson, Adolphus Foston and Harry JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1970
- Luther M. O'Brien v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- United States v. William A. WalkerCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1977
- Sam Mishan v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
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