Legal Opinion
Leon Barnes v. United States of America, George Childress v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 30, 1965No. 17914, 17915PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VAN OOSTERHOUT, Circuit Judge.
Defendants Barnes and Childress were jointly indicted, tried and convicted by a jury upon a charge of assault on a person in lawful custody of mail with intent to rob mail, made in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 2114. Each defendant was sentenced to eight years imprisonment. The defendants have taken and prosecuted separate timely appeals from the final judgment of conviction. Since the appeals present many common questions of law and fact, we shall deal with both appeals in this opinion.
Both defendants urge the following points as a basis for reversal:
I. The court…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Caminetti v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
- Pollard v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Holmgren v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- United States v. Ralph Cianchetti, Charles Hedges and Molly SchauCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
- Frankel v. WoodroughCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1925
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Ollie Melvin Hodges v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1969
- United States v. James O. Gambrill, United States of America v. Jerry L. HunterCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1971
- United States v. James G. BarnesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1973
- United States v. J. Norman JonesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1970
- Raymond E. McMillen Jr. v. United States of America, Douglas Gruchy v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1967
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