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United States v. Adell Carter and Mary Bailey Jones

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided July 28, 1975No. 74-3815PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LEWIS R. MORGAN, Circuit Judge:

Appellants Carter and Jones were convicted for the misdemeanor of possessing approximately 1,035 pounds of sugar intended for use in violating the laws prohibiting the manufacture and sale of nontaxpaid alcoholic spirits, 26 U.S.C. § 5601 et seq. 1 They appeal on the sole ground that the trial court erroneously admitted evidence of five previous illicit liquor offenses by Carter, all of them committed ten years or more prior to the trial below.

Uncontradicted evidence showed that while under observation by agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms,…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Weiss v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1941
  2. Corcoran v. Montgomery Ward & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
  3. United States v. John T. GoodwinCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
  4. United States v. George BroadwayCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
  5. E. C. Lloyd v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. United States v. Orange Jell BeechumCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
  2. United States v. Deral Gene Holman, Donald Bruce Holman, John Mallory ObertCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
  3. United States v. CorbinCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
  4. United States v. GrimesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2001
  5. United States v. Jimmy Coy PollockCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1991

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