Legal Opinion
United States v. Robert Atkins
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 5, 1980No. 79-5211PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEE, Circuit Judge:
The central issue in this rather close case is whether the record evidence, viewed as it must be on this appeal in the light most favorable to the guilty verdict, 1 is sufficient to sustain that verdict. Our inquiry, of course, is not whether we — sitting as a jury — would conclude that defendant Robert Atkins is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt but whether in our judgment a reasonable-minded jury could do so.
The critical evidence in the case focuses on Atkins’ relationship with one Andy Inglet, a resident of Houston and a member of a cocaine conspiracy. 2 It is not…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- United States v. Donald James and David Anthony Butler, United States of America v. Henry Smith and Kenneth Wayne WhitmoreCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- United States v. HydeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- United States v. Frank Hayes, Dorothy Foley Hayes and Alice BaldwinCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- United States v. Michael ApolloCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
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3Cited by52 opinions
- United States v. William Michael Elam, Richard Victor Jennings, Jr., George Anthony Seek and William Lykergus Miller, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Schmunk v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1986
- United States v. Anthony DecologeroCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1987
- United States v. Barry Kendall Hogan, and Mark Bradford HoganCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- United States v. Thomas G. HeywardCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1984
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