Legal Opinion
United States v. Jessie Spence Sutton
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 2, 1970No. 28177_1PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Per curiam
Ironically, with the ink scarcely dry on our opinion affirming co-defendants’ convictions for the underlying moonshine offenses, United States v. Campbell, 5 Cir., 1969, 419 F.2d 1144 [Dec. 2, 1969], this appeal on judicial screening 1 falls by random assignment to almost the same panel challenging the revocation of probation based upon the illegal Sunday sale of liquor in Alabama just 15 days after the 2-month jail sentence expired.
After an evidential hearing the Court found that the occurrence took place and that it did not constitute entrapment. A revocation proceeding is not the trial of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Patricia Lebouef Murphy, as Administratrix of the Estate of Edward Fontenot, Deceased, Etc. v. Houma Well Service, and Eva C. Fontenot, IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- James Leo Huth v. Southern Pacific CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Manning v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1947
- United States v. Clifford Frank Campbell and John Clifton FreeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Jefferson Davis Broadus and Joe Curt Coleman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
3Cited by8 opinions
- United States v. AllenDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1972
- Hector Salvidar Amaya v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Denny Dean Shaw v. C. Murray Henderson, Warden, Louisiana State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- State v. CooperWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1981
- Blake v. United StatesDistrict Court, M.D. Florida · 1973
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