UNITED STATES v. HAMEL

No. 76-1478.

551 F.2d 107 (1977)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gilbert G. HAMEL, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided March 10, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond A. Ballard, Foster, Meadows & Ballard, Robert N. Dunn, Detroit, Mich., for defendant-appellant.

Frederick S. Van Tiem, Chief Asst. U.S. Atty., Detroit, Mich., Peter R. Taft, Jacques B. Gelin, Kathryn A. Oberly, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before PHILLIPS, Chief Judge, and McCREE and ENGEL, Circuit Judges.


ENGEL, Circuit Judge.

Gilbert G. Hamel was convicted by a district court jury of wilfully discharging gasoline onto Lake St. Clair, a navigable waterway, in violation of Section 101 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended in 1972, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.

In his direct appeal Hamel asserts that certain closing arguments of the prosecution were improper, that there was insufficient evidence of his identity and scienter to support his conviction...

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