Legal Opinion
Boston Dicks and Alfred Copeland v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 16, 1958No. 16611_1PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.
Charged in count one with the unlawful possession of 175 gallons of alleged non-tax-paid whiskey and in count two with the unlawful concealment of the same whiskey, defendant Copeland was found guilty on count one, while defendant Dicks was found guilty on counts one and two of the indictment.
Appealing from his conviction, each of the defendants is here insisting that a verdict of acquittal should have been and should now be directed as to him for want of evidence and, in the alternative, that because of errors in the trial, the cause should be reversed and remanded for…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Thomas Eugene Barfield v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
- Will Parks Clay and Mattie Bell Anderson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
- Meyers v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1948
- George Krull and Michael Krull v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
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- Lawrence C. Pope v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
- United States v. James Herbert DuffyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- State v. LamppDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1963
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