Legal Opinion
United States v. John M. Brown
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided February 21, 1991No. 90-2066PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLLOWAY, Chief Judge.
The United States appeals from a dismissal by the district court of an indictment charging the defendant, John M. Brown, with three counts of violations of the National Stolen Property Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2314 and 2315. 1 The indictment was dismissed on the ground that the allegedly stolen property, a computer program in source code form, did not come within the ambit of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2314 and 2315 as goods, wares or merchandise. We affirm.
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At the hearing on the motion to dismiss the indictment, government counsel stated that defendant Brown worked as a computer programmer…
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