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Rent v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided February 12, 1954No. 14531_1PublishedCited by 88 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RIVES, Circuit Judge.

Appellants Rent and Curry, along with one Dragotta not tried, were indicted for violations of the narcotics laws, Section 2557(b) (1) and Section 2593(a), Title 26 United States Code.1 The first count charges that all three defendants “did unlawfully, knowingly and feloniously combine, conspire, confederate and agree together and one with the other and with other persons * * * to acquire, obtain and receive marihuana without having paid the transfer tax imposed by Section 2590, Title 26, United States Code.” The overt acts charged are: one, that the defendants proceeded…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Carroll v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
  2. Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
  3. Weeks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
  4. Morissette v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
  5. United States v. RabinowitzSupreme Court of the United States · 1950

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3Cited by88 opinions

  1. Earl E. Vick v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1954
  2. William Dennis Riggs v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
  3. United States v. Domingo S. Canieso and Siu Tsien ChouCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
  4. George Herman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
  5. United States v. Eldon HanCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1996

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