Legal Opinion
United States v. Walter Barnes, III and Leslie Carl Coleman
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 19, 1980No. 79-5305PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Per curiam
Walter Barnes and Leslie Coleman appeal their convictions for theft on a government reservation. 18 U.S.C.A. § 2111. They challenge three evidentiary rulings made by the trial court.
Both appellants contend that the district judge abused his discretion in admitting Barnes’ prior conviction for heroin possession on the grounds that his addiction to heroin, which grew out of his military service in Vietnam, was a common problem among United States soldiers stationed there; that under federal law his possession would have been only a misdemeanor; that the conviction was six years old; and that…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- United States v. Dr. Luther Lewis Ashley, Jr., and John Franklin RoperCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- United States v. Albert Solomon Preston, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Raymond Alfred Beaudine v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- United States v. Jack Lee Wolf, A/K/A Jack L. WolfCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1977
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3Cited by27 opinions
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- United States v. Noah Ryan Robinson and John Anthony Robinson, and Noah Robinson v. United States of America, and John A. Robinson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
- United States v. Edward FarmerCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1991
- United States v. David Lowayne Box, John Byron Yarbrough, and Leroy Eugene BurchCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1995
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