Silva v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
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Applies 16 U.S.C. § 3372 · 18 U.S.C. § 3282 · 18 U.S.C. § 371 · 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Hill v. Lockhart · Grunewald v. United States · United States v. Kozinski · United States v. Ellison
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“In his reply brief, Mr. Silva alleges that the government improperly seized and did not return Mr. Silva’s personal collection of birds. The correspondence between the government and Mr. Silva regarding those birds, however, makes clear that Mr. Silva “gave permission to have the birds destroyed and for that purpose, abandoned them to the government.” (October 14, 1997 letter from David P. Schippers to Sergio Acosta). For these reasons Mr. Silva’s claim is denied.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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