Legal Opinion
United States v. Eugene Davis Wilkinson
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 26, 1972No. 71-2007PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Circuit Judge :
Appellant Wilkinson was charged in eight counts with violations of the mail fraud statute, 18 U.S.C.A. § 1341. 1 It was alleged that he fraudulently obtained monies from Phillips Petroleum Company for work assertedly done at his sheet metal shop in Borger, Texas by sending false invoices for labor and material to Phillips, for which Phillips in return remitted payment by check through the mails. The most critical points which Wilkinson asserts here are that the trial court erred in (1) instructing the jury on good faith as a defense, on presumed intent and on the use of…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Morissette v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- United States v. WhiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Agnew v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Michael Joseph Gurleski and Dorothy Villafranca v. United States of America, Frank Smith v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
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3Cited by57 opinions
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- United States v. Edward Rodriguez, A/K/A Rick, Thomas J. Albernaz, Peter Smigowski, and William John MartinsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- United States v. Thomas Joseph Chiantese and John Joseph CerrellaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
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