Legal Opinion
Mehan v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 17, 1940No. 11526PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOODROUGH, Circuit Judge.
William Mehan was indicted and tried with one Angelo Nigro on the charge of having sold to Laverne Wallace 20 grains of morphine hydrochloride) a derivative of opium, in violation of 26 U.S.C.A.Int.Rev. Code, § 2553. Both were convicted, and William Mehan prosecutes this appeal. He refused offers of the court to appoint counsel for him and elected to try his own case. He took the position that his best defense was to tell the truth, and said “I thought I could do it as well as talking to a lawyer and he telling it second hand”. When he took the stand as a witness in…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Berger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Hewitt v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1940
- Troutman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1938
- United States v. SeboCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1939
- Crapo v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1939
8 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by6 opinions
- Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- James Carlock Babb v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1965
- Hilliard v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1941
- Epps v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1946
- Sammy Joe Downey v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1959
1 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.