Legal Opinion
Conley Trigg Fields, Luther Compton and Kirby Smith v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided December 27, 1955No. 7053_1PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DOB IE, Circuit Judge.
Conley Trigg Fields, Luther Compton and Kirby Smith were indicted and tried in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia for a violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 241.
The verdict of the jury found Conley Trigg Fields, Luther Compton and Kirby Smith guilty. Their punishment was fixed at six months confinement for Fields, twelve months confinement for Compton and a fine of $1,000.00; and Smith was placed on probation. All of the three defendants who were found guilty have appealed to us.
The statute under which the indictment was found reads:
“§ 241.…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- United States v. ClassicSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Ex Parte YarbroughSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- United States v. MosleySupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Myres v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1949
- United States v. SaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- United States v. Guadalupe M. MoradoCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- Collie Leroy Wilkins, Jr., and Eugene Thomas v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- United States v. Henry Thomas ShippCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1969
- United States v. ChandlerDistrict Court, S.D. West Virginia · 1957
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