Legal Opinion
United States v. Edward Grady Partin
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 5, 1974No. 73-2295PublishedCited by 95 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLEMAN, Circuit Judge:
On a change of venue to the Northern District of Georgia, a jury convicted Edward Grady Partin of conspiracy to violate the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C., § 1951, interfering with interstate commerce by threats or violence. Partin has appealed. After prolonged, painstaking analysis and reflection, we are constrained to hold that the conviction must be reversed and remanded despite the fact that the case, along with others intimately connected with it, has been around for a long time. 1
On June 20, 1969, a grand jury em-panelled in the Eastern District of Louisiana, Baton Rouge…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Hoffa v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Gordon v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Tatum v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1951
- Hopkins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
- Dale Estin Birdsell v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
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3Cited by95 opinions
- United States v. Frank Diecidue, Larry Neil Miller, Frank Boni, Jr., A/K/A "Mustache Frankie," Manuel Gispert, Anthony Antone, and Homer Rex DavisCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- United States v. MartinoCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- United States v. KopitukCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- State v. RodriguezSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1980
- United States v. PartinCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
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