Legal Opinion
United States v. Cecil Ray Johnson
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 4, 1975No. 74-1514PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEVENS, Circuit Judge.
Appellant participated in three purchases of stolen Cadillacs. A jury found him guilty on three substantive counts charging violations of the Dyer Act and on a conspiracy count charging that he and six other defendants were members of a single conspiracy to dispose of stolen motor vehicles moving in interstate commerce.1 On the conspiracy count the government’s proof fell far short of its charge since the evidence linked appellant to only one of his codefendants and placed the others in what we must assume to have been an entirely separate conspiracy. Inasmuch as the…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Berger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Barnes v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Blumenthal v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Schaffer v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
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3Cited by40 opinions
- United States v. Leonard PatrickCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1976
- United States v. Norman D. Wright, United States of America v. George W. Kirby, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1991
- United States v. Beverly J. Ramsey, Michael J. Marshall, Stuart A. McCreary and James Joseph O'DOnnellCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
- United States v. Clifford JacksonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1978
- United States v. Thomas E. VerkuilenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
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