Legal Opinion

John T. Dirring v. United States of America, (Two Cases)

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided February 25, 1964No. 6177, 6178PublishedCited by 115 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ALDRICH, Circuit Judge.

A national bank in Avon, Massachusetts was robbed at 11:00 A.M. on February 1, 1963, by two masked men. The primary question on these appeals is whether there was sufficient evidence for the jury to find that one of them was defendant appellant. The cast of principal characters and list of properties are the following: Dirring, defendant appellant, known as “Tiny”; Gleason, convicted co-defendant, who does not appeal ; Mrs. Lucas, in whose house lived an adult daughter and Gleason; Somma, under indictment with Gleason for another matter; Mrs. Somma; a Buick sedan,…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Holland v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
  2. Stirone v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  3. United States v. Nicholas A. StironeCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1959
  4. Robert L. Strauss v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
  5. Zimberg v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1944

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3Cited by115 opinions

  1. United States v. Roy Arthur NelsonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
  2. United States v. DrougasCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1984
  3. Commonwealth v. FitzgeraldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
  4. United States v. William J. CintoloCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1987
  5. United States v. Arthur BarrettCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1976

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