Legal Opinion
United States v. Silberman
District Court, M.D. Florida
Decided February 9, 1979No. 76-53-Cr-J-SPublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CHARLES R. SCOTT, Senior District Judge.
Defendant was charged in an information with knowingly and wilfully soliciting business on federal property without a permit, by selling flowers. He was charged with violating 36 C.F.R. § 5.3, 1 as incorporated in 16 U.S.C. § 9a. 2 Defendant waived a jury trial, and requested special findings, pursuant to Fed.R.Crim.P. 23(c). Most of the facts were stipulated; and closing arguments of counsel were, combined with their arguments on defendant’s motion for a judgment of acquittal.
The standard for ruling on a judgment of acquittal is the same,…
2Cases cited66 opinions
- Mathews v. EldridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Cantwell v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley AuthoritySupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Sherbert v. VernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- United States v. BassSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Matanuska Maid, Inc. v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1980
- Christofferson v. CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY, ETC.Court of Appeals of Oregon · 1982
- Westfall v. Board of Com'rs of Clayton Cty.District Court, N.D. Georgia · 1979
- State v. UlrichOhio Court of Appeals · 1984
- International Society for Krishna Consciousness, Inc. v. BarberDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 1980
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