Legal Opinion
United States v. Jacqueline Allen, Clare Grady, Dean Hammer, Elizabeth McAlister Vern Rossman, Kathleen Rumpf, Karl Smith
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 24, 1985No. 805-811, Dockets 84-1265 to 84-1271PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OAKES, Circuit Judge:
Appellants, antinuclear protesters, were convicted after a jury trial in the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York, Howard G. Munson, Judge, of willful destruction of government property and conspiracy to destroy government property. On appeal, they argue that their convictions violated the First Amendment religion clauses and that the trial court violated due process and their right to a fair trial by erroneously precluding them from putting before the jury a defense based on international law. We affirm.
On Thanksgiving Day, November 24,…
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- Reynolds v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
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