Legal Opinion
Maynard Dare Parsell and Melvin West Parsell v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 7, 1955No. 15006_1PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.
Convicted of a conspiracy to unlawfully acquire and possess, and of acquiring and possessing, marihuana in violation of Sec. 2593(a), Title 26 U.S.C., and sentenced to imprisonment and fined, defendants appealed. In connection with their appeals, each filed an affidavit of inability to pay costs, stating that “he is a citizen of the United States and that because of his poverty he is unable to pay the costs of appeal or pay the costs of stenographic transcript and printing the record on appeal, if such printing should be required by the appellate court, or to give…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Gilmore v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1942
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