Legal Opinion
United States v. Agustin Alvarez Lopez
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 20, 1983No. 83-2073PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TATE, Circuit Judge:
The defendant Lopez was convicted of assaulting a federal Customs Patrol officer in Texas “while said officer was engaged in the performance of his official duties,” a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 111. 1 On appeal, he contends that, although an assault was proved, a violation of the federal statute was not proved because, at the time of the assault, the customs officer was no longer engaged “in the performance of his official duties,” since he was then detaining a state-charged suspect (a companion of Lopez), whom he had no official duty to arrest or detain. Finding that at…
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