Legal Opinion

Parks v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided June 23, 1915No. 4319PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Ill Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Oklahoma; Ralph E. Campbell, Judge. \ Criminal prosecution by the United Stales against W. F. Parks. Judgment of conviction, and defendant brings error.

1Per curiam

Parks was indicted, tried, and convicted for introducing into the county of Muskogee, state of Oklahoma, intoxicating liquor from without said state. At the close of all the evidence offered at the trial, counsel for Parks moved the court to instruct the jury to return a verdict of not guilty, for the reason that the testimony was not sufficient to warrant the conviction of the defendant. This motion was overruled, and an exception taken.

*370We are of the opinion that the motion should have been granted. In accordance with the previous decisions of this court, there was not sufficient evidence…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Chambliss v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1914
  2. Lewellen v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1915
  3. Moore v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1915
  4. Sellers v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1915
  5. Crites v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1915

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Talkington v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1915
  2. Collins v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1915

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