United States v. Winnie
United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
97 F.3d 975 (1996)
- Written by Deanna Curl, JD
Facts
During a 1981 hunting safari in Africa, Gail Winnie (defendant), a Wisconsin resident, shot and killed a cheetah. The cheetah was later imported to the United States, and Winnie mounted the skin and skull on a basement wall. In 1992, federal and state wildlife authorities seized the cheetah parts. Three years after the cheetah’s seizure, Winnie was charged with unlawful possession of a species for which trade was prohibited by the Convention in International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora implemented by the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Winnie admitted to possession of the cheetah from 1981 to 1992 but moved to dismiss the case, arguing the prosecution was time-barred under the statute of limitations. The district court denied Winnie’s motion, and Winnie entered a conditional guilty plea, preserving the right to appeal the district court’s statue-of-limitations determination.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Evans, J.)
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