Legal Opinion
Clyde Eugene Garner, Audrey Hart Garner, Horace G. Twitty, Oren Cloud Fesmire, Sammy Joe Garner, Edd John Mayo v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided May 13, 1957No. 13006_1PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Per curiam
Appellants were convicted under a one-count indictment charging a conspiracy to violate the internal revenue laws of the United States with respect to the manufacture, transportation and sale of distilled spirits.
Appellants contend that it was reversible error for the District Judge to decline to give to the jury the following instruction requested in writing by them: “The Court is permitting you to take to the jury room with you the indictment in this case but you are again instructed that the indictment itself is not evidence of the guilt of the accused persons.”
The requested instruction…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- J. Stacey Henderson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1955
- Little v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1934
- Robilio v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1923
- United States v. SchanermanCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1945
- Cooper v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1925
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3Cited by13 opinions
- United States v. John E. ScalesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1979
- United States v. Joseph RussoCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1973
- United States v. PressCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1964
- United States v. LaRicheCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1977
- United States v. LawsonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2008
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