Legal Opinion
Lambert v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 24, 1939No. 8832PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.
Appellant, a physician, was indicted in four counts for selling, and in a fifth count for conspiracy to sell narcotics, to one Christian, in violation of the Harrison Narcotic Act, 26 U.S.C.A. § 1040 et seq. He was acquitted on the substantive counts, convicted and sentenced on the conspiracy count. By his appeal he assails the verdict as unsupported by the evidence, and as inconsistent with itself because it acquitted him on the only substantive count submitted to it, while convicting him of conspiracy. He assails the trial as attended with such erroneous rulings on…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- United States v. KatzSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- United States v. SpauldingSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Hamilton v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1934
- Johnson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1936
- Lott v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1913
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3Cited by26 opinions
- United States v. Richard AlstonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- E. C. Lloyd v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
- United States v. Lawrence Register, Fred Hornsby and Daniel John CochranCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Joseph Michael Lacaze, Charles William Acevedo, Douglas Arceneaux and Virginia Cain v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- United States v. AngeloCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1946
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