PER CURIAM:
The dispositive issue on this appeal is whether there existed a gap in the federal penal law that permitted the Government to prosecute Baker for a disturbance in a veterans' hospital under a Washington statute (Rev.Code Wash. § 9A.76.020) through the Assimilative Crimes Act (18 U.S.C. §§ 7, 13). We hold that there was no gap to fill, and accordingly, we reverse the conviction.
The case arose out of a disturbance in the Veterans...
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