Legal Opinion
United States v. Holbrook
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided July 21, 1998No. Criminal 97-746M-01 (JMF)PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
FACCIOLA, United States Magistrate Judge.
Introduction
This matter was before me for a bench trial. At the conclusion of the government’s case, the defendant moved for a judgment of acquittal, and I asked the parties to brief the legal issues raised by the government’s evidence. They have now done so and I conclude that the defendant’s motion should be granted.
This is the prosecution of a so-called “deadbeat dad” whom the government alleges willfully failed to pay a court-imposed obligation to support his child in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 228. 1 The government has proceeded…
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