Legal Opinion
Juan Avalos Guevara, Jr. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 28, 1957No. 16364_1PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIVES, Circuit Judge.
Appellant was convicted under two counts 1 for violating the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code relating to marihuana. The primary question is whether the district court erred in deny ing the defendant’s motion for judgment of acquittal.
The evidence is simple and was given by only two witnesses. George D. Scales, a Treasury Department Customs Agent, testified that, according to a chemical analysis which he had secured, the cigarettes found in defendant’s car were marihuana cigarettes, and that, upon his demand upon the defendant for the required order form, the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Sapir v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
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3Cited by58 opinions
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- William Evans and Josephine Evans v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1958
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