Legal Opinion

United States v. Jack Edward Fleming and Lawrence Charles Hinton

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided January 21, 1976No. 75--1655PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Per curiam

The United States appeals from the dismissal of an indictment against two St. Louis, Missouri, policemen. We find the indictment to have been improvidently dismissed and order it reinstated.

On May 15, 1975, a federal Grand Jury returned an indictment against two St. Louis policemen, charging as follows:

On or about July 2, 1974, in St. Louis, Missouri, in the Eastern District of Missouri, Jack Edward Fleming and Lawrence Charles Hinton, who were then officers of the St. Louis, Missouri Police Department, while acting under color of the laws of the State of Missouri, did willfully strike, beat…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Hamling v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  2. United States v. DebrowSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
  3. United States v. Herbert SperlingCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
  4. Johnnie Tasby v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
  5. United States v. Charles Cary StokesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Putman v. GerloffCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
  2. United States v. Abraham KastoCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1978
  3. United States v. Harvey B. Young, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980
  4. Putman v. GerloffCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
  5. United States v. Kenneth Michael JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1978

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