Legal Opinion
United States v. Dennis Paul Shillingford
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 14, 1978No. 77-1787PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHARLES CLARK, Circuit Judge:
A shoot-out between Shillingford and his co-defendants and state and federal officers left one policeman dead and another policeman and an FBI agent wounded. Because of his participation in the incident, Shilling-ford was indicted by a Mississippi state grand jury for murder and by a federal grand jury for violations of various criminal statutes. Count one of the federal indictment alleged that the defendants conspired to assault federal officers, to use firearms to commit a felony, and to possess unregistered firearms, all in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371. Count…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Heflin v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
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3Cited by40 opinions
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