Legal Opinion
United States v. Reginald Jones
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 15, 1979No. 79-1119PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES M. CARTER, Circuit Judge:
Reginald Jones is appealing from his conviction for burglary on a government reservation. The conviction is based on 18 U.S.C. § 13 which provides that, in the absence of a federal statute prohibiting the specific acts charged, the federal government may prosecute a person who commits acts on a government reservation which violate the law of the state where the reservation is located. The state law relevant here is Cal.Penal Code § 459 defining the offenses of burglary and housebreaking. Jones having waived his right to a jury, the district court tried him…
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