Legal Opinion
United States v. Donald Wayne Hughes
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 17, 1980No. 79-1428PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALLACE, Circuit Judge:
Hughes appeals on various grounds from his conviction for conversion of government property, 18 U.S.C. § 641, and for violations of the Wild Free-roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971, 16 U.S.C. §§ 1331-1340. We affirm.
I
The Wild Free-roaming Horses and Burros Act (the Act) was enacted to preserve and protect “wild free-roaming horses and burros” on the public lands of the United States. See 16 U.S.C. § 1331. To implement the declared policy to protect these animals from “capture, branding, harassment, or death,” id., Congress enacted criminal provisions which defined…
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