Legal Opinion
United States v. Edward Brookins and Jessie L. Oliver
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 6, 1971No. 30847_1PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:
Appellants were convicted by a jury under an indictment in several counts charging nontax-paid liquor offenses arising from a.sale by Oliver to an informer, Lena Spencer, on November 13, 1969 (in which transaction Brookins participated) and from a sale by Brook-ins to Lena Spencer on December 11, 1969. We reverse.
Prior to trial, on three different occasions, appellant Brookins was officially supplied with what purported to be a *608copy of the indictment returned by the grand jury.1 In two of the copies, in one or more counts, there were erasures or strikeovers by which the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Robert Francis Clifton v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1955
- Sylvester Howard v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1960
- Palm v. New York, N. H. & H. R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1952
- Theresa Kesmarki and Thomas Kesmarki v. Ruth Elizabeth KislingCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1968
3Cited by1 opinion
- United States v. Edward Brookins and Jessie L. OliverCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971