Legal Opinion
Tillman Overstreet v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 12, 1963No. 19885_1PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LUMBARD, Chief Judge.
Tillman Overstreet appeals from a judgment of conviction and a sentence of twelve years after trial before Judge Thomason and a jury in the District Court for the Western District of Texas for conspiring to “receive and conceal [Marihuana], and to facilitate the transportation and concealment, after importation, of said Marihuana, knowing the same to have been [imported illegally]” in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 176a. The two questions raised are whether Overstreet was prejudiced by the action of the court in severing part of the count on which he was convicted, and whether…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Ex Parte BainSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
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- United States v. NorrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
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3Cited by34 opinions
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