United States v. Martin P. Dyer

TONE, Circuit Judge.

The government appeals in this criminal case from a judgment of acquittal following a bench trial. The charge was concurring in the use of the forged signature of a federal judge to authenticate a document, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 505. The defendant has moved to dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction. Because our jurisdiction depends on whether the District Court “has resolved against the defendant all of the factual issues necessary to support a finding of guilt under the correct legal standard,” United States v. Jenkins, 420 U.S. 358, 367, 95 S.Ct. 1006, 1012,…