Legal Opinion
William Condon Graham v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 13, 1958No. 13592PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHACKELFORD MILLER, Jr., Circuit Judge.
The indictment in this case, returned in the Eastern District of Tennessee, charged that the appellant, William Condon Graham, on or about October 27, 1957, “purchased four hundred sixty-nine (469) one-half grain morphine sulphate tablets, a derivative of opium, not in or from the original stamped package.”, in violation of Section 4704, Title 26 U.S.Code. In his first trial in January, 1958, the jury was unable to agree. There was considerable publicity about the case. In his second trial in April, 1958, the jury returned a verdict of guilty and the…
2Cases cited38 opinions
- Weeks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Burdeau v. McDowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Byars v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Lustig v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Irvine v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
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3Cited by34 opinions
- Victor Harry Feguer v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1962
- United States v. William RaglandCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
- Robert Henry Landsdown v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
- United States v. Jerome Delton HarrisCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1976
- United States v. Dennis DempseyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1984
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