Legal Opinion

United States v. Howard Lee Wilks

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided September 10, 1980No. 78-2061PublishedCited by 31 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LOGAN, Circuit Judge.

Howard Lee Wilks appeals from convictions by a jury on a charge of possession of heroin with intent to distribute in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and a charge of forcibly resisting and impeding a federal officer in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 111.

Wilks contends that the district court committed reversible error when it (1) accepted the grand jury’s superseding indictment; (2) allowed the prosecution to amend its bill of particulars; (3) failed to grant a continuance for defendant to prepare for the additional counts or to present the testimony of a psychologist; (4)…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. United States v. AgursSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. United States v. Richard J. PicarielloCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1978
  4. United States v. Stephen Kirk Heiden, United States of America v. Larry Arnold KleinCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1974
  5. United States v. Alfred Marion Spoonhunter, Sr.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1973

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3Cited by31 opinions

  1. United States v. Segun AshimiCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
  2. United States v. EspinosaCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1985
  3. United States v. Israel G. GrossmanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1988
  4. United States v. Donnie Eugene HalbertCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1982
  5. Commonwealth v. ShippsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987

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