Legal Opinion

Tucker v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided April 29, 1969No. Nos. 24229-24231PublishedCited by 47 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BREWSTER, District Judge:

Jerre Donovan Weir, Homer Lee Tucker, John David Woodall and wife, Carol Joyce Woodall, were jointly indicted for robbery of the federally insured Green Valley Branch of the First National Bank of Birmingham, Alabama, on June 3, 1965, by putting the life of one of its money custodians in jeopardy through the use of a pistol.

Each of the defendants pled not guilty at the time of arraignment in September, 1965. Both the Woodalls changed their pleas to guilty when the case was called for trial on February 21, 1966. Tucker and Weir went to trial before a jury. Tucker…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. David S. Kotz v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1965
  2. James Claude Lattin v. Harold A. Cox, Warden, New Mexico State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1966
  3. Marvel v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  4. Richard Dale Martin, Doing Business as Midwest Aviation Enterprises, Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1969
  5. Charles Clyde Rogers v. Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Division of Corrections, State of FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968

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3Cited by47 opinions

  1. United States v. John David WoodallCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
  2. United States v. Richard J. FronteroCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
  3. United States v. Noah Ryan Robinson and John Anthony Robinson, and Noah Robinson v. United States of America, and John A. Robinson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
  4. United States v. John A. BlairCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
  5. State v. ReavesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1977

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