By Amelia Hansen
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Spitting in someone's face can be a federal crime, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.
A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the simple assault conviction of a man who spit in the face of a patient at a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs medical facility. U.S. v. Lewellyn, 2007 DJDAR 3163 (9th Cir. M...
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Spitting in someone's face can be a federal crime, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.
A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the simple assault conviction of a man who spit in the face of a patient at a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs medical facility. U.S. v. Lewellyn, 2007 DJDAR 3163 (9th Cir. M...
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