OLVERA

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

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• United States v. Darelle Dean Butler, 541 F.2d 730 (8th Cir. 1976)
  …Although the precise issue has not been discussed, other decisions have not applied state law under the ACA when a general federal statute punished the same conduct. See, e. g., United States v. Olvera, 488 F. 2d 607 (5th Cir. 1973), cert. denied, 416 U.S. 917, 94 S.Ct. 1625, 40 L.Ed.2d 119 (1974). (Possession of a controlled substance under 21 U.S.C. § 844(a).) We conclude that the district court erred in its construction of the Assimilated Crimes Act and that the plain meaning of that Act requires stat…

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• United States v. Pinelli, 890 F.2d 1461 (10th Cir. 1989)
  …, 32, 83 S.Ct. 594, 597, 9 L.Ed.2d 561 (1963) (citations omitted). Our circuit’s decisions since 1973 illustrate our efforts to develop these “contours” of Section 1955. In United States v. Smaldone, 485 F. 2d 1333 (10th Cir.1973), cert. dismissed, 416 U.S. 917, 94 S.Ct. 1625, 40 L.Ed.2d 119, cert. denied, 416 U.S. 936, 94 S.Ct. 1934, 40 L.Ed.2d 286 (1974), we recognized Congress’ intent to incorporate within Section 1955’s prohibition all participants except those who actually wagered. Smaldone, 485 F. 2d…