United States v. Hopkins

The Fifth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction for evading arrest or detention while using a motor vehicle in violation of the Assimilative Crimes Act. The court held that security force officers on a military installation were included in the definitions of "peace officer" or "federal special investigator" and thus the factual basis for defendant's guilty plea supported a conviction under the Texas evading arrest or detention statute, as assimilated by the Act. In this case, defendant drove onto Fort Sam Houston, a military installation, without stopping at the entry gate for inspection. Security forces officers eventually forced defendant to stop by boxing in his vehicle. View "United States v. Hopkins" on Justia Law