Legal Opinion

United States v. Wallace Howard Smith

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided December 4, 1970No. 28302_1PublishedCited by 41 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SIMPSON, Circuit Judge:

Wallace Howard Smith appeals a judgment of conviction and sentence to imprisonment for three years 1 following a jury verdict of guilty. The single count indictment charged appellant with violation of Title 18, U.S.C., Section 875(c), 2 for willfully and knowingly, on March 1, 1969, transmitting telephonieally a threatening communication from New Orleans, Louisiana, to Houston, Texas, and that this communication threatened to injure the Honorable Charles Raymond Judice. Judge Judice was Judge of Corporation Court # 3, City of Houston, Texas.

Appellant asserts five…

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  2. Pointer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  3. Palermo v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
  4. Weiss v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1941
  5. Leonard L. Bursten v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968

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3Cited by41 opinions

  1. United States v. Daniel Nelson SilvaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1984
  2. United States v. Rudolph WeaverCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2001
  3. United States v. George BroadwayCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
  4. United States v. HeathCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1978
  5. United States v. Billy Ray HuffCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975

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