United States v. Biocic

MEMORANDUM OPINION

SMALKIN, District Judge.

This is an appeal from a petty offense conviction entered by United States Magistrate Laws of this Court, after a bench trial, on a charge of violation of 50 C.F.R. § 27.83 (1988), which makes punishable as a federal offense the commission, within national wildlife refuges, of “any act of indecency or disorderly conduct as defined by State or local laws.... ” The appellant does not dispute the underlying facts, so there is no need to review the proceedings at trial (fortunate, because the tape is inaudible); the appellant challenges only the legal…