Legal Opinion
Hargett v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 5, 1950No. 13028PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALLER, Circuit Judge.
The sequence of events that occurred in and around that home of Pete Hargett in Phenix City, Alabama, on the afternoon of March 3, 1949, demonstrates that the oft-repeated statement that one is presumed to have intended the natural and normal consequences of his act cannot be universal in its application.
Although Grady Cook, an Alcohol Tax Unit Investigator from Columbus, Georgia, was a stranger to Pete Hargett, the latter’s penchant for handling illegal liquor and his other activities in contrariety to law were not unknown attributes to Cook who, with two state revenue…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- McNabb v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Pettibone v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Boyd v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Weiss v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1941
- Bird v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
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3Cited by21 opinions
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- United States v. PuffCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1954
- Long v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1952
- United States v. Mark Harding ChunnCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1965
- Adell C. Carter, Alias Ponto, and Ronnie Mae Mathis v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
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