Legal Opinion
United States v. Robert Jerome Skipper, Mrs. William E. McQuinn and Thomas H. Henderson, Iii, Sureties-Appellants
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 9, 1981No. 79-2528PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HENDERSON, Circuit Judge:
On March 6,1973, a federal grand jury in Atlanta indicted Robert Skipper for importing approximately five pounds of hashish through the mails.1 On July 18,1975, Skipper was arrested, and taken before the United States magistrate in the Southern District of Florida on July 21, 1975. At that time a removal hearing was scheduled for July 31, 1975, and bail was set at “$20,-000 S/B [surety bond].” Skipper waived the hearing and agreed to return to Atlanta. Skipper’s counsel orally requested that bail be reduced. The magistrate assented, and ordered
that the defendant’s…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- United States v. John William Marx and William Frederick ShriverCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1973
- Benjamin Hemphill v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1968
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3Cited by23 opinions
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