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Richard Case Nagell v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided April 3, 1968No. 24152_1PublishedCited by 49 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

Judge Hutcheson, speaking for this Court, recently observed:

Appellate review of the sufficiency of the evidence is never an easy matter, and the difficulty is compounded when a jury in a criminal case has reached a verdict contrary to both medical testimony and visceral reaction. Brock v. United States, 5 Cir. 1967, 387 F.2d 254, 257.

As in Brock, we are here confronted with the question whether “reasonable doubt must necessarily have existed in the minds of reasonable jurors regarding appellant’s sanity”. Answering this question in the affirmative, we reverse the…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Morissette v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
  2. Prince v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  3. George Lee Mims, Sr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
  4. Russell E. Carter v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1957
  5. Nathan Mann v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963

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3Cited by49 opinions

  1. Gordon v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
  2. John Joseph Blake v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
  3. United States v. Obadiah StephensonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
  4. United States v. James L. HarperCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
  5. United States v. James E. McCrackenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974

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