Legal Opinion
United States v. William E. Welliver
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 23, 1979No. 78-5565PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEWIS R. MORGAN, Circuit Judge.
Appellant, William E. Welliver, former president of Bay National Bank and Trust Company, Panama City, Florida (Bay National), was convicted of violations of 18 U.S.C.A. §§ 656 1 and 1005 2 pertaining to “willful misapplication” of funds and the making of false entries, respectively. On appeal Welliver presents a number of arguments for the reversal of his conviction.
The case revolves around two similar business transactions involving standard banking practices for the handling of certain loan transactions. In the first transaction, on November 19, 1974,…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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- Sandstrom v. MontanaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Russell v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Leonard L. Bursten v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- United States v. John Arthur DanielsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
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3Cited by34 opinions
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- United States v. Tom Welch, Charles Cashell, William L. Satterwhite and James M. CochranCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
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