Legal Opinion
United States v. Thomas W. Franklin
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 16, 1973No. 72-2141PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:
Thomas Franklin was convicted of possession of goods stolen from an interstate shipment, 18 U.S.C.A. § 659, knowing the merchandise to have been illegally taken. 1 On this appeal he raises the four questions whether the trial judge erred: (i) in his distribution of the peremptory challenges between the two co-defendants, (ii) in permitting the Government prosecutor in cross-examining Franklin’s character witnesses to inquire whether they had heard of defendant's prior involvement in a similar crime some years earlier, (iii) in permitting the Government to make such…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Michelson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Weiss v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1941
- Curtis Publishing Company v. Wallace Butts, Wallace Butts v. Curtis Publishing CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
- United States v. Samuel G. BenoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
- United States v. Franklin Eugene Williams and James Edison WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
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3Cited by17 opinions
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- United States v. BynumCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- United States v. Joseph Bryant, John Cagnina, Terry Lee AlvarezCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
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