Legal Opinion
United States v. Alvin B. Sawyer
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided August 19, 1961No. 8263-8265_1PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOREMAN, Circuit Judge.
In No. 8265, Alvin B. Sawyer and codefendants, William Edward Griffin and Willie Swain, were indicted for unlawfully possessing, in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 5686(a), property “intended for use in violating the provisions of chapter 51 of Title 26, United States Code, or regulations issued pursuant _ thereto, to wit, 1260 pounds of sugar and nine 5-gallon jugs.” The three were tried together before a jury and found guilty. Sawyer, in prosecuting this appeal, alleges error for failure to grant his motion for judgment of acquittal at the close of the Government’s case, a…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Holland v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Clune v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Bell v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1951
- Rumely v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1923
- Beard v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1936
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3Cited by17 opinions
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- United States v. Dahl William WelbornCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1963
- United States v. Carol Lee Ragland and Arthur Elwood WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1962
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