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· 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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