Legal Opinion
United States v. James Earl Young, Sr.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 7, 1972No. 71-2251PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge:
James Earl Young, Sr. was convicted by a jury of assaulting a federal officer in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 111 1 and damaging property of the United States in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1361. 2 We vacate both judgments of conviction.
The convictions arose from the events surrounding Young’s arrest by the FBI for certain other offenses against the United States. 3 On September 2, 1970, at approximately 1:00 P.M., Young was driving his 1965 Oldsmobile in an easterly direction in the south lane of traffic on Monument Street in Jackson, Mississippi. There were three passengers…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Tatum v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1951
- John Perez and Arturo Moreno, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
- Robert L. Strauss v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- Lyman Moody Bennett v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
- Jimmie Dane Burke v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
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3Cited by65 opinions
- United States v. FeolaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- United States v. Augustin Alvarez, Oscar Hernandez, Mario C. Simon, Rolando Rios, Ramon Raymond, Eduardo Portal, Victoriano Concepcion, A/K/A "Macho"Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
- United States v. Carl BaileyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- United States v. James Earl Young, Sr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- United States v. James Harrison Barham, A/K/A Robert MyersCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
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