Legal Opinion
United States v. Gennie Lynn Brown
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 17, 1979No. 79-5241PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HATCHETT, Circuit Judge.
This appeal raises the question whether the Assimilative Crimes Act, 18 U.S.C. section 13, 1 has properly been used as the prosecutorial vehicle on the facts in this case. We hold that the Act has been properly used, but reverse the conviction on other grounds.
Gennie Lynn Brown, appellant, resided at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, with her husband and four children — two hers and two her husband’s from previous marriages. On November 16, 1978, she carried her husband’s two-year-old son, Bryan, to her neighbor’s home. The child was bruised on the forehead and…
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