Legal Opinion
United States v. Gary Richard Gresham
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 27, 1978No. 77-5582PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEE, Circuit Judge:
Gary Richard Gresham, convicted of violating the Dyer Act, appeals raising issues related to his two confessions.
A grand jury in the Wester.n District of Texas charged that Gresham transported a 1975 Chevrolet Monte Carlo, a stolen vehicle, from Florida to the Western District of Texas, knowing it to have been stolen.
On May 28, 1978, driving the automobile described in the indictment, Gresham, a resident of Austin, Texas, stopped in El Paso at 3 o’clock in the morning and tried to sell a pistol and a shotgun. This aroused suspicion. The officers communicated with the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Diaz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Payne v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- United States v. Herbert Lee RollersonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
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3Cited by35 opinions
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- West v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
- William Duane Elledge v. Richard L. DuggerCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
- United States v. Marvin P. Johnson, Robert A. Wilkins, Duane Quamina, Patricia Gordon, Mark Francis JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
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