[DOWNLOAD] "Mims v. United States" by Tenth Circuit. United States Court of Appeals * eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Mims v. United States
- Author : Tenth Circuit. United States Court of Appeals
- Release Date : January 09, 1964
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 53 KB
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Before MURRAH, Chief Judge, and PICKETT and LEWIS, Circuit Judges. MURRAH, Chief Judge: This is an appeal from a judgment and sentence after conviction on an indictment charging that ""while aboard an aircraft in flight in air commerce, to wit: a 1960 Mooney Mark 20A four passenger single engine airplane * * * Robert Mims did assault, intimidate and threaten Royden Dudley Schooley, a flight crew member who was the pilot of said airplane, while said piolt was in fact in actual control of said airplane in the air above the ground, so as to interfere with the performance by said pilot of his duties in controlling said airplane * * * in violation of Title 49, U.S.C.A., Section 1472(j)."" The 1961 Amendment to the Federal Aviation Act provides that ""whoever, while aboard an aircraft in flight in air commerce, assaults, intimidates, or threatens any flight crew member or flight attendant (including any steward or stewardess) of such aircraft * * *,"" shall be punished. 49 U.S.C. § 1472(j).