Legal Opinion
Larry G. Scogin v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 20, 1971No. 19903_1PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MATTHES, Chief Judge.
On September 8, 1967, appellee Scogin entered a plea of guilty in the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri to unlawfully acquiring marihuana without paying the required transfer tax in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 4744(a) (1), and on January 12, 1968, the court imposed a sentence of seven years imprisonment for that violation. 1 No appeal was taken from the judgment of conviction and sentence.
Thereafter, in United States v. Covington, 395 U.S. 57, 89 S.Ct. 1559, 23 L.Ed.2d 94 (1969), the companion case to Leary v. United States, 395 U.S. 6, 89…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Brady v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- McMann v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Johnson v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Ex Parte TaylorCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
- United States v. George J. BluscoCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1975
- Robinson v. NeilDistrict Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1973
- Charles Rueben Stewart v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1971
- Calvin J. Taylor v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1973
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