Legal Opinion

Charles Edward Jackson v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided February 28, 1963No. 19805_1PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.

We are confronted on this appeal with two principal questions. One concerns the admissibility of testimony by Customs Agents as to statements allegedly made by the defendant concerning events subsequent to those upon which his prosecution and conviction were based. The other question is the claim that the trial court erred in charging the jury that the defendant’s guilt or innocence would depend primarily on whether he knew the package he delivered contained heroin. Also asserted on brief and argument, though not specifically raised by formal assignment of error,…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Stirone v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  2. Walder v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  3. United States v. Nicholas A. StironeCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1959
  4. United States v. SawyerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1954
  5. United States v. Joseph A. MasinoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1960

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. United States v. Deral Gene Holman, Donald Bruce Holman, John Mallory ObertCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
  2. Commonwealth v. SimioneSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
  3. Joseph E. Lewis v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1964
  4. United States v. Enrique Leonel Gonzalez, Jose Antonio Suarez and Jose Enrique Mendez-GalbartCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
  5. United States v. William Patrick CousinsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1988

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