Legal Opinion
United States v. Robert Lyons
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 16, 1984No. 82-3429PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEE, Circuit Judge:
Defendant Robert Lyons was indicted on twelve counts of knowingly and intentionally securing controlled narcotics by misrepresentation, fraud, deception and subterfuge in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 843(a)(3) (1976) and 18 U.S.C. § 2 (1976). Before trial Lyons informed the Assistant United States Attorney that he intended to rely on a defense of insanity: that he had lacked substantial capacity to conform his conduct to the requirements of the law because of drug addiction. See Fed.R.Crim.P. 12.2(a). Lyons proffered evidence1 that in 1978 he began to suffer from several…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Powell v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Davis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- United States v. Charles FreemanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
- John Joseph Blake v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- David W. Wion v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1963
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3Cited by41 opinions
- United States v. Mark Sylvester, Leon Brown, and Willie Earl CulleyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1998
- United States v. Earl HillsbergCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
- United States v. Keith NewmanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988
- United States v. Jordie CallahanCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2015
- United States v. Dale E. BirdsellCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
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