Legal Opinion
Loyal S. Ledet v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 13, 1962No. 19045PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TUTTLE, Chief Judge.
This is an appeal from the denial by the Trial Court of a motion for a new trial based on newly discovered evidence. This court has previously affirmed the conviction of appellant in Bourg and Ledet v. United States, 5th Cir., 286 F.2d 124.
The essential facts as proved by the Government on the trial of appellant and Bourg were that upon information from a reliable source, customs agents in Laredo, Texas searched, an automobile admittedly belonging to Bourg as it stopped at a filling station apparently leaving Laredo at about 12:15 A.M. after the car had previously been…
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