Legal Opinion
George Buford Sikes v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 15, 1960No. 17999_1PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.
Defendant-appellant was found guilty of transporting and possessing nontaxpaid distilled liquors. Sentenced to imprisonment for a period of two years, he has appealed, assigning three errors. These are: (1) the error of denying his motion for a directed verdict on the ground that, while the circumstances do point the finger of suspicion, they do not prove guilt with that legal certainty required by law; (2) the error of calling the jury back after it had commenced its deliberation to give it additional instructions; 1 and (3) the error of failing to correct the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Allen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Earl E. Vick v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1954
- United States v. Walter F. Tellier, Albert Joseph Proctor, Elton B. Jones and Alaska Telephone CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1958
- Maryland Casualty Co. v. ReidCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1935
- Juan Avalos Guevara, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Irven Green and Robert Benjamin Smith v. United States of America, Arnold Jack Johnson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
- United States v. Darwin Clark BaileyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- Huey Augustus Powell v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
- Arthur Franklin Rotolo v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- United States v. RedfieldDistrict Court, D. Nevada · 1961
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