Legal Opinion
Billy Leu Gregory v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 16, 1966No. 18261_1PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McMANUS, District Judge.
This is an appeal in forma pauperis from a jury conviction on two counts of violating the National Motor Vehicle Theft Act, 18 U.S.C.A. §§ 2312 and 2313. Appellant was sentenced to serve five years concurrently on each count.
Claimed errors in the trial court are:
I. Overruling defendant's motion for judgment of acquittal or new trial because of(a) Insufficiency of competent circumstantial evidence.(b) Prejudice from being observed in handcuffs by jurors.
II. Prejudicial admission of evidence of other offenses without proper limiting instruction.
III. Prejudicial reading…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Holland v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Odell v. HudspethCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1951
- McDonald v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1937
- Billy George Andrews v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
- Cwach v. United States. Batsell v. United States. Moore v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1954
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3Cited by71 opinions
- United States v. JacksonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1977
- United States v. Robert L. SamuelCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1970
- Juan D. Hernandez v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- United States v. Leonard PeltierCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1978
- Commonwealth v. FergusonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
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