Legal Opinion
United States v. James Cockrell
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 16, 1983No. 82-1625PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner, James Cockrell, was convicted in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas of conspiracy to defraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371 and fifteen substantive offenses committed in furtherance of the conspiracy, consisting of mail fraud, wire fraud, and interstate transportation of checks taken by fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341, 1343, and 2314. This Court affirmed that conviction on appeal. See United States v. Becker, 569 F.2d 951 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 439 U.S. 865, 99 S.Ct. 188, 58 L.Ed.2d 174 (1978). Cockrell…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Raymond L. Buckelew and James Laney Jenkins v. United States of America, Judson Lee Drane v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- John Lewis Washington v. John C. Watkins, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Jimmy Lee Gray v. Eddie Lucas, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Wilbert Herring v. W. J. Estelle, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Washington v. StricklandCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
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3Cited by44 opinions
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- Howard Mattheson v. John T. King, Secretary of the Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
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