Legal Opinion
United States v. Don Marionneaux, Hugh Marionneaux, Harold Sykes and Ben Trantham
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 19, 1975No. 74-3492PublishedCited by 84 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RONEY, Circuit Judge:
Don Marionneaux, Hugh Marionneaux, Harold Sykes and Ben Trantham appeal their convictions under an indictment charging the brothers Marionneaux in Count I and Sykes and Trantham in Count II with separate conspiracies to obstruct justice in violation of 18 U.S. C.A. § 371. Defendants assert two meritorious arguments for reversal: first, that a severance should have been granted because the indictment charged separate crimes against separate defendants, improper under Rule 8, F.R.Crim.P; and second, that the district court erroneously instructed the jury, over defendants’…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- United States v. Larry KnohlCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
- United States v. McArthur Edwards, AKA Edwards McArthur and Charles Darnell WardCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Tillman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by84 opinions
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