Legal Opinion
John Thomas Fitts v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided October 27, 1960No. 6438_1PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURRAH, Chief Judge.
The appellant, John Thomas Fitts, is here in forma pauperis, by court-appointed counsel, complaining of a judgment and sentence on a jury verdict in the District Court of Colorado, for the interstate transportation of a stolen motor vehicle, in violation of Title 18 U.S.C. § 2312.
Appellant’s first assignment of error is that the trial court unduly and prejudi-cially permitted cumulative evidence of the commission of another offense for which he was not on trial. The under-sheriff of Scott County, Kansas, was permitted to testify, over the appellant’s objections, that the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Davis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Durham v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1954
- Dunlop v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Tatum v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1951
- Russell E. Carter v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1957
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3Cited by56 opinions
- Ernest McDonald v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1962
- George Lee Mims, Sr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- United States v. Donald Kenneth CurrensCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1961
- John Joseph Blake v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- David W. Wion v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1963
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