Legal Opinion
James Mims v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 28, 1958No. 15654_1PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARNES, Circuit Judge.
Appellant was convicted by a jury of an illegal sale of narcotics (21 U.S.C.A. § 174). He urges reversal because:(1) The District Court failed to instruct the jury that the testimony of (a) an accomplice, and (b) a perjurer, not an accomplice, must be viewed with extreme caution;(2) The District Court refused to allow appellant “to inquire into the business relationship” between appellant and the father of his alleged accomplice.
We fail to find either ground a valid basis for reversal.
7. Testimony of an Accomplice.
As to the first ground, appellant’s then counsel (not…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Caminetti v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
- United States v. AtkinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- United States v. MantonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1938
- Holmgren v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
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3Cited by24 opinions
- United States v. J. Norman JonesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1970
- United States v. Jose Demetrio Arteaga-Limones and Mike Lozano CantuCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Lee Edgar Sartain v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1962
- Franklin Brothers v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1964
- Herman Carter Walker v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
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