Legal Opinion
Melvin Joseph v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 4, 1957No. 16229_1PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.
The appellant was convicted on one count of theft of mail matters in violation of Title 18, § 1708, United States Code, and on one count each of forging upon a United States Treasurer’s check the name of the true payee and uttering and publishing the forged signature as true, in violation of Title. 18, § 495, United States Code.
The government’s case was principally predicated on a written statement signed by the appellant which he contended below and contends here was taken from him under circumstances which invalidated it for the reason that the requirements of Rule…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- McNabb v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- United States v. MitchellSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Upshaw v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- United States v. CarignanSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- White v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1953
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3Cited by20 opinions
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- Mattei v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1970
- Dawson v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1962
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