Legal Opinion
United States v. William Harrison Givens, United States of America v. Clarence Fox
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 3, 1983No. 82-2397, 82-2445PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NICHOL, Senior District Judge.
William Harrison Givens, Clarence Fox and Betty Jean Williams were arrested and subsequently indicted for violation of 18 U.S.C. sections 2113(a) and (d), bank robbery. Betty Jean Williams pled guilty and agreed to testify truthfully in return for a promise that her maximum sentence would be three years imprisonment. Following a jury trial before the Honorable Edward J. Devitt, Givens and Fox were convicted of the offense charged in the indictment. Givens received a sentence of twenty years in prison and Fox received a fifteen year sentence. Each appellant raises…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Ham v. South CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Boulden v. HolmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Aldridge v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
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3Cited by15 opinions
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