Legal Opinion
United States v. Joseph Gale May
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 25, 1980No. 79-1790PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEANEY, Circuit Judge.
Joseph Gale May, former Adjutant General of the Iowa National Guard, appeals from his conviction on fifteen counts of an eighteen-count indictment. 1 We hold that the trial court erred in not instructing the jury that May could only be convicted for using military aircraft for his personal use if the jury found that his use seriously violated the government’s right to control the use of the aircraft. We thus reverse May’s conviction on the eleven counts dealing with the unauthorized use of military aircraft. May was properly convicted, however, on each of four other…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- United States v. George E. Girard, Jr., Paul A. LambertCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1979
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3Cited by38 opinions
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