Legal Opinion

United States v. Theodore Mothershed, A/K/A Teddy Mothershed

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided October 14, 1988No. 87-1913PublishedCited by 65 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

Theodore Mothershed was convicted of aiding and abetting a bank robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2 and 2113(a), and sentenced to a prison term of twenty years and a special assessment of $50.00. For reversal he argues that the District Court erred in refusing his instruction on how the jury should weigh accomplice testimony, that it erred in admitting evidence of his prior conviction for possessing stolen bank money, that the evidence was insufficient to support the jury’s verdict, and that his lawyer was ineffective at trial. We agree that Mothershed’s prior…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Huddleston v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  2. United States v. Orange Jell BeechumCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
  3. Charles M. Luck v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1965
  4. United States v. Jose Figueroa, Angel Lebron, and Ralph AcostaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
  5. United States v. Dr. Luther Lewis Ashley, Jr., and John Franklin RoperCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978

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3Cited by65 opinions

  1. United States v. Keith Bernard Crenshaw, United States of America v. Kamil Hakeem Johnson, United States of America v. Timothy Kevin McGruderCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2004
  2. United States v. Gerald R. CarrollCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2000
  3. United States v. Bennie JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1991
  4. United States v. Jesus Jesse ArandaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1992
  5. United States v. Mohammed Ibrahim Kandiel, A/K/A Jeff HowardCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1989

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