Legal Opinion
James Joseph Welsh v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 26, 1968No. 25436_1PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIVES, Circuit Judge:
Welsh was convicted of unlawfully having in his possession certain blank checks contained in a letter addressed to another person and stolen from the mail, knowing the same to have been stolen. 1
He made some pretense of an alibi, but the only possible doubt of his guilt related to his mental competency. 2 Notwithstanding that there were strong indications that insanity was feigned, and despite the careful and patient rulings of the able trial Judge, we must reluctantly hold that Welsh and his appointed counsel were not afforded the opportunity required by law to establish…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Coppedge v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- United States v. Larry KnohlCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
- Harold W. Greenwell v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1963
- William Andrew Washington v. Donald ClemmerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1964
- Rayford Lavaughn Thompson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
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3Cited by44 opinions
- William L. Calley, Jr., Cross-Appellant v. Howard H. Callaway, Etc., Etc., Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- United States v. Kenneth Wayne Goodwin, Charles William Bullard and Grover Eugene BeaverCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- United States v. Robert Neil Conder, United States of America v. Bernard Joseph Grogan, United States of America v. William Moore PegramCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1970
- United States v. Phillip Brooks BarkerCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1977
- United States v. John Andrew Greschner, Ronnie Joe CriswellCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1986
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