Legal Opinion
Herman C. West, Jr. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 20, 1966No. 18125PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GIBSON, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction by the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska wherein appellant was found guilty by a jury of violating 26 U.S.C. § 4742(a), prohibiting transfer of marijuana, except when made pursuant to a written order of the transferee on a form issued by the Secretary of Treasury.
As grounds for reversal appellant sets forth four basic arguments: (1) The instructions of the trial court were erroneous in that they contained confusing extraneous material; (2) There was an inadequacy of evidence to support the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Elkins v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Costello v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Albert Lopez Gallego v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1960
- David D. Beck, A/K/A Dave Beck v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1962
- Charles Earl McNeely v. United States of America, Robert Eugene Johnson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1965
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3Cited by65 opinions
- William J. Gass v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
- Anthony Cardarella v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1967
- United States v. Bill Miles SkillmanCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1971
- John McWilliams v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1968
- United States v. De LarosaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971
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