Legal Opinion
United States v. Romero
District Court, D. New Mexico
Decided November 2, 1984No. CR 84-170PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
BALDOCK, District Judge.
The narrow issue before the court is whether a defendant who committed an offense prior to the repeal of the Youth Corrections Act on October 12, 1984, may be sentenced under the Act, notwithstanding that the defendant’s date of conviction is subsequent to the repeal of the Act.
On October 26, 1984, the Indian defendant entered a plea of guilty to aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, N.M. StatAnn. § 30-3-2(A) (1984 Repl.Pamp.), pursuant to the Assimilative Crimes Act, 18 U.S.C. § 13. Aggravated assault is a fourth degree felony. N.M.Stat.Ann. §…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Weaver v. GrahamSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Cummings v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1867
- Dorszynski v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Lindsey v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Jerry Wayne Watts v. John T. Hadden, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1981
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- State v. AnthonyAlaska Supreme Court · 1991
- United States v. Michael CountrymanCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
- United States v. Bienvenido Bonnet, A/K/A "Mon"Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1985
- United States v. DavisonDistrict Court, D. Idaho · 1987
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