Legal Opinion
United States v. Stephen George Fithian
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 10, 1971No. 71-2044PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MERRILL, Circuit Judge:
This appeal is taken from conviction of conspiracy to smuggle marijuana in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 176a and from sentence imposed under that section.
Conviction
We find no merit in appellant’s attacks on his conviction.
Leary v. United States, 395 U.S. 6, 89 S.Ct. 1532, 23 L.Ed.2d 57 (1968), does not require reversal since no resort here was had to the presumption with which that case dealt. Witt v. United States, 413 F.2d 303 (9th Cir. 1969) cert. denied, 396 U.S. 932, 90 S.Ct. 272, 24 L.Ed. 2d 230 (1969); United States v. Cordova, 421 F.2d 471 (9th Cir. 1970) cert.…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Screws v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- United States v. HarrissSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Leary v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- United States v. Honorable Albert Lee Stephens, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1971
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3Cited by34 opinions
- State v. GunwallWashington Supreme Court · 1986
- State v. HuntSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1982
- United States v. Jerry R. BohonusCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
- United States v. BaxterCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1973
- Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press v. American Telephone & Telegraph CompanyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1979
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