United States v. Marquardo

TORRUELLA, Chief Judge.

Among other matters, this appeal raises issues that require us to focus on the diverse nature of civil as compared to criminal contempt, and on the consequence of such differences in the context of allegations of due process and double jeopardy violations. Appellant also challenges the validity of the criminal contempt statute, 18 U.S.C. § 401(3), alleging that it is unconstitutionally vague, claims that his motion for acquittal was improperly denied by the trial judge in that the government failed to prove his willfulness to commit the charged crime beyond a reasonable…