United States v. Louis Johnnie B. Reed

The Court sitting in banc recedes from and overrules the decision of the majority of the panel in this case, 1 for the reasons set forth by Judge Simpson in dissent.

In doing so, we do not consider it necessary to disturb the holding of Hellman v. United States, 5 Cir. 1964, 339 F.2d 36, 38, as applied to the facts in that case. The facts are distinguished from those in this case by Footnote 5 to Judge Simpson’s dissent, 414 F.2d at 443.

One further observation is in order. We deem irrelevant to our decision, and do not associate ourselves with, the recitation of the matters occurring at the…