· 9/29/1983
Government of the Virgin Islands v. Leonardo Soto, Jr.
Citations
- 718 F.2d 72
- 1983 U.S. App. LEXIS 16421
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “The gravamen of [§ 2253] appears to have been the possession of unlicensed firearms ... .”
- \The gravamen of [ § 2253] appears to have been the possession of unlicensed firearms . . . .\
- despite legislature’s revisions to robbery statute, court found “no basis to assume legislature modified its prior determination that section 2251(a)(2)(B) [weapon enhancement statute] applied to all robberies”
- “The gravamen of [14 V.I.C. § 2253] appears to have been the possession of unlicensed firearms, since the statute proscribes possession of firearms ‘unless otherwise authorized by law.’ (emphasis added).”
- “The gravamen of [14 V.I.C. § 2253] appears to have been the possession of unlicensed firearms, since the statute proscribes possession of firearms ‘unless otherwise authorized by law.’ (emphasis added).”
- “[T]he gravamen of [2253] appears to have been the possession of unlicensed firearms ...”
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Judges: Gibbons, Sloviter, Becker
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