Legal Opinion

United States v. J. W. Johnson, Adolphus Foston and Harry Johnson

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided May 6, 1970No. 16869-16871PublishedCited by 48 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KILEY, Circuit Judge.

This is a consolidated appeal brought by the three appellants, J. W. Johnson, Adolphus Foston and Harry Johnson, from their conviction, in a joint trial, for conspiring to commit a burglary at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Downey, Illinois, and also of the substantive offense of burglary. 1 2 We affirm.

Harry Johnson was employed at the hospital when on August 8, 1966, pursuant to a plan to take the safe from the credit union office of the hospital, Tolliver (who had informed the FBI in late July of the plan) drove to the hospital and was followed by a car…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. Harrington v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  4. Fort Leavenworth Railroad v. LoweSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
  5. United States v. S. Lawrence Kahn, Arthur B. Sachs and M. Prial CurranCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1967

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3Cited by48 opinions

  1. United States v. Theodore J. Isaacs and Otto Kerner, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1974
  2. United States v. Louis C. Andrus, George E. Collett, William J. Lutson, Billy Ray Whittington, and Larry Thomas WhittingtonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
  3. United States v. Clarence E. BraaschCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1974
  4. United States v. Winston Valdemar SpringerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1972
  5. United States v. Donald Roy CrispCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1971

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