UNITED STATES v. TIJERINA

No. 138-70.

446 F.2d 675 (1971)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Reies Lopez TIJERINA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

August 4, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Babington, Asst. U. S. Atty., Albuquerque, N. M. (Victor R. Ortega, U. S. Atty., and Michael P. Watkins, Asst. U. S. Atty., were with him on the brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Leonard E. Davies, Denver, Colo., for defendant-appellant.

Before LEWIS, Chief Judge, and JOHNSEN, and HOLLOWAY, Circuit Judges.


HOLLOWAY, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is taken from a judgment of conviction of three offenses charged in connection with a demonstration at which two United States Forest Service signs were burned in the Santa Fe National Forest. The convictions were based on an indictment charging (1) that appellant and his wife willfully injured a Forest Service sign near Gallina, New Mexico, causing damage in excess of $100 in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1361 (prohibiting willful...

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