Legal Opinion
United States v. Irene Davis
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 2, 1971No. 29779_1PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JONES, Circuit Judge.
Irene Davis has appealed her conviction of knowingly concealing and facilitating the transportation of heroin after it had been illegally imported into the United States in violation of 21 U.S.C.A. § 174. The appellant was sentenced to seven years imprisonment. On appeal she challenges the sufficiency of the evidence used to sustain her conviction.
Taking the view of the evidence most favorable to the Government to support the verdict, as we are required to do, 1 the following facts appear from the record. Garfield Jefferson, a known drug addict and pusher, left Fort…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- William Dennis Riggs v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
- United States v. John Gordon McGlamoryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Henry Rodella v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1960
- Manuel Ray Rua, Jr., A/K/A John T. Welk v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
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3Cited by31 opinions
- United States v. JerniganCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2003
- United States v. Billy W. Gray, Lee Andrew Fennell, Roger Lee Wright, Ronald Cecil Barker and Vance C. DyarCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- United States v. Judith Tomlinson Bullock and Roy Rodriguez, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- United States v. Francisco PentadoCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- Ford ex rel. Estate of Ford v. GarciaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2002
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