UNITED STATES v. MARIEA

Nos. 85-1770, 85-1946.

795 F.2d 1094 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. James K. MARIEA and Jerry M. Smith, Defendants, Appellees. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. James K. MARIEA, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 27, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Margaret D. McGaughey, Asst. U.S. Atty., Portland, Me., with whom William H. Browder, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., Bangor, Me., and Richard S. Cohen, U.S. Atty., Portland, Me., were on brief, for U.S. of America.

Joseph H. Field, with whom Mary Lou Ciolfi and Loyd, Bumgardner, Field & Patterson, Brunswick, Me., were on brief, for James K. Mariea and Jerry M. Smith.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, COFFIN, Circuit Judge, and PETTINE, Senior District Judge.


LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Chief Judge.

The Assimilative Crimes Act ("ACA" or the "Act"), 18 U.S.C. § 13 (1982), supplements federal criminal law by providing that on federal reservations the relevant state criminal law is incorporated into federal law in respect to conduct "not made punishable by any enactment of Congress."1 Thus, if an individual violates Maine criminal law on a federal reservation in Maine, and his conduct is not made...

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