Legal Opinion
United States v. Vincent R. Davis
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided July 26, 1999No. 98-6251PublishedCited by 122 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
BECKER, Chief Judge.
This appeal arises out of a bizarre factual situation that reads like the plot of a Grade B melodrama. It requires us to interpret several statutes that protect the integrity of federal criminal investigations. The government has understandably attempted to find a law that criminalizes the conduct of defendant Vincent Davis, which is as reprehensible as it is unusual. In the process, however, the government has stretched several laws beyond their breaking points. We conclude that the evidence adduced at Davis’s trial was insufficient to convict him of…
2Cases cited60 opinions
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- United States v. Ronald J. GoldbergCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1995
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