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United States v. Clay Davis and Charles Edward Fralix

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided June 23, 1972No. 71-2153PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal arising from convictions under the federal mail theft statutes. Though we are living in an age of optical scanning, zip codes, and automation, far removed mechanically from the stagecoach era when postmistresses hand delivered the mail to the inhabitants convened by the rumbling noise of the approaching coach, the principal issues on this appeal involve the construction of statutes dealing with postal thefts whose inception derives from those personalized rather than anonymous ways of life. The other issues are of our daily judicial menu, spiked here…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Stirone v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  2. Robert Thomas Smith v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
  3. Joseph D. Jeffers v. United States of America, Connie B. Jeffers v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1968
  4. James Lovelle Allen v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
  5. Sidney B. Goodman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Scutchings v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1986
  2. United States v. Jaynell M. IversonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1981
  3. United States v. Albert P. ChildsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1979
  4. United States v. Deion LockhartCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2016
  5. United States v. Gene Roy TrexlerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973

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