United States v. Patz

584 F.2d 927 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Kevin C. PATZ, Julienne J. May, Shelly Mae Douglas, Jack Rubenstein, Mary E. Williams, James W. Douglass, Luciae Smith-Mueller, Louis W. Ladenberger, Christine M. Hassenstab, David L. Jackman, Taeko Miwa, Geoffrey Edwards and Margaret L. Lunam, Defendants-Appellants. Nos. 77-3177, 77-3583, 77-3491 to 77-3498, 77-3616, 77-3617 and 77-3756. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Oct. 26, 1978. David L. Shorett, Keith L. Kessler, Irwin H. Schwartz (argued), Seattle, Wash., Malcolm Burnstein, Berkeley, Cal., for defendants-appellants. Francis J. Diskin, Asst. U. S. Atty., Seattle, Wash., for plaintiff-appellee. Appeal From the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. Before TRASK and SNEED, Circuit Judges, and SKOPIL, * District Judge. SNEED, Circuit Judge: 1 Patz and the other twelve appellants challenge their convictions for violating 18 U.S.C. § 1382 , which makes it unlawful to enter a military installation for any purpose prohibited by law or lawful regulation. 1 They argue that the district court erred in refusing to find that their actions were mandated by the principles of…