Legal Opinion

United States v. William B. Trigg

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided May 27, 1968No. 15868_1PublishedCited by 47 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CASTLE, Circuit Judge.

The defendant-appellant, William B. Trigg, prosecutes this appeal from the judgment of conviction and sentence entered following a jury trial on a six-count indictment charging him and a co-defendant, Weldon Burris, with violations of the federal narcotic laws (26 U.S.C.A. § 4705(a) and 21 U.S.C.A. § 174). The defendant was convicted on all six counts and sentenced to concurrent twenty-year terms of imprisonment.

The defendant predicates the existence of prejudicial error requiring a reversal on the grounds that (1) he was denied the effective assistance of counsel and…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Williams v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  2. United States v. Grinnell Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1966
  3. Townsend v. BurkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
  4. Jencks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  5. Palermo v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959

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3Cited by47 opinions

  1. United States v. TuckerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Lawrence Leroy Farrow v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978
  3. James Edward Wilks v. Thomas Israel, Warden, Wisconsin State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1980
  4. United States v. MackUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1980
  5. State v. DelanoSupreme Court of Iowa · 1968

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