Legal Opinion
United States v. James A. Kimes
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 13, 2001No. 00-5144PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtNelson, J., joined by Batchelder, J.,
MERÍRITT, J. (pp. 810-11), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
OPINION
NELSON, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from criminal convictions for an assault on officers of the Department of Veterans Affairs (a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 111(a)(1)) and possession on V.A. property of a knife with a blade length exceeding three inches. (Such possession violates a rule set forth in 38 C.F.R. § 1.218(b)(39), and violation of that rule is a crime under 38 U.S.C. § 901(c).)
The defendant presents four assignments of error: (1) that the district court erred in failing to suppress evidence consisting of…
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