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U.S. v. ROMANO

No. 97-1630.

137 F.3d 677 (1998)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Lawrence J. ROMANO, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 9, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wendy Sibbison, Greenfield, MA, with whom Michael O. Jennings, Springfield, MA, was on brief for appellant.

Nadine Pellegrini, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Donald K. Stern, United States Attorney, Boston, MA, was on brief for appellee.

Before STAHL, Circuit Judge, CYR, Senior Circuit Judge, and LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

STAHL, Circuit Judge.

The felony proviso of the Lacey Act, 16 U.S.C. § 3373(d)(1), outlaws the purchase of wildlife (of a specified market value) the purchaser knows were taken — i.e., captured, killed, or collected — in violation of state law. This appeal presents occasion for us to decide an issue of apparent first impression: whether the same proviso also criminalizes the purchase of lawful guiding and outfitting services to facilitate...

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