Legal Opinion
Elmer Samuel Chapman v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 8, 1961No. 18685PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIVES, Circuit Judge.
A one-count information charged Chapman and one Emmett Bolton Mercer with unlawfully, knowingly and willfully possessing 9,540 pounds of sugar intended for use in violating the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. Specifically, the information charged that Chapman and Mercer possessed 9,540 pounds of sugar with the intent to use the same in the nontaxpaid distilled spirits business in violation of 26 U.S.C. §§ 5686(a), 7302. 1 After a severance, Mercer pleaded guilty and Chapman was found guilty by a jury. Chapman was sentenced to imprisonment for one year.
On appeal,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Chapman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Backun v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1940
- Harry Joseph Payne v. Paul J. Madigan, Warden, United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz, CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1960
- Elmer Samuel Chapman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
- Sam Abraham De Hart v. United States of America, (3 Cases)Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1956
3Cited by8 opinions
- United States v. Harold D. KindrickCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Willie Bruner v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
- Arman A. Schurmann v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- United States v. Elmer Samuel Chapman, United States of America v. James Terrell KnightCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Jerry Henry Green v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1971
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