United States v. John Herbert Eades

HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge:

A divided panel of this court reversed the defendant’s conviction on two counts under the Assimilative Crimes Act, 18 U.S.C.A. § 13, of third degree sexual offenses in violation of Article 27, § 464B(a)(l)(iii) of the Annotated Code of Maryland.1 The government filed a petition for rehearing en banc, which was granted. Now, after oral argument before the en banc court, a majority of the judges in regular active service holds that the defendant’s conviction on Counts 2 and 6 of the third degree sexual offenses was not precluded by 18 U.S.C.A. § 113. The reasons for the…