Legal Opinion
Frank Sepulveda Casados v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 30, 1962No. 19236PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge.
Frank Sepulveda Casados appeals from .his conviction for violating the federal marihuana statutes. He contends that his trial was prejudiced by the prosecuting attorney’s reference to his prior conviction, by the trial judge’s failure to grant his motions for a continuance, and by the fact that a co-defendant was allowed to change his plea from not guilty to guilty in the presence of the jury. We hold that these objections are without merit and affirm the conviction.
Casados and two others were charged in a three-count indictment with smuggling marihuana into the United…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- United States v. AtkinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- United States v. FalconeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1940
- United States v. TonerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1949
- Leroy Payton v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1955
- Joseph Tomley v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958
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3Cited by12 opinions
- United States v. S. Lawrence Kahn, Arthur B. Sachs and M. Prial CurranCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1967
- Robert Henry Sykes and Haydon David Jones v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- United States v. Lawrence Charles KingCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Sylvia May Stamps v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1967
- United States v. William James KimbrewCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1967
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