Legal Opinion
Donald Daniel Smith v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 24, 1969No. 25105_1PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMPSON, Circuit Judge:
The appellant, Daniel Smith, and his co-defendant Charles Mains, Jr. 1 were indicted for forcibly breaking into the Brookview Branch contract postal station in suburban Jacksonville, Florida, with intent to commit larceny in violation of Title 18, U.S.C. Section 2115. 2 Following trial and a jury verdict of guilty, the court sentenced Smith to five years imprisonment.
A résumé of the evidence upon which the jury found Smith guilty is necessary to an understanding of the appellant’s claims of error.
Mr. Saylor, a postal inspector, learned from a reliable informant at about…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Alderman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- George Herman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
- Robert Henry Sykes and Haydon David Jones v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- McNamara v. HenkelSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Elijah "Tootie Pie" Cosby, Jr. v. Tom Jones, Warden of the Walker County Correctional InstituteCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- United States v. Patrick W. McCann III and Jon Joseph KellyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- United States v. Robert E. Burns and Margaret Ann GreenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- United States v. James Edward PoeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- United States v. Allen Marion HowellCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
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