Legal Opinion

United States v. Percy Harris

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided May 20, 1965No. 9700_1PublishedCited by 33 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ALBERT V. BRYAN, Circuit Judge.

Found guilty and sentenced in the District Court upon a two-count indictment for the felonious stealing of money from a Government-insured bank and for the felonious possession of money taken from such a bank, * Percy Harris asks us to reverse the conviction for errors at trial. We must sustain his appeal and order a new trial.

Viewed most favorably for the prosecution, the evidence developed these facts. Conviction rested upon the testimony of the bank teller and two accomplices, James Mitchell and Joseph Robinson. The latter pair and appellant Harris on August…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Holland v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
  2. Screws v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  3. Holt v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
  4. Quercia v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
  5. Heflin v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959

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3Cited by33 opinions

  1. United States v. GaddisSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. United States v. PolowichakCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1986
  3. Dowdy v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1979
  4. John T. Phillips, Jr., Corrado Frank Tumminello, Charles Phillip Freitag, and Carroll Charles Myers v. Crown Central Petroleum CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1979
  5. United States v. Paul MacDonaldCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1972

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