Legal Opinion
United States v. Dale E. Birdsell
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 9, 1985No. 85-1133PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDITH HOLLAN JONES, Circuit Judge:
The appellant, Dale E. Birdsell, appeals his jury conviction of one county of conspiracy and two substantive counts of transporting in interstate commerce counterfeit securities and the tools and implements used to forge them. See 18 U.S.C. §§ 2, 371, and 2314. Birdsell raises three principal issues on appeal: (1) that the district court judge erred in finding him competent to stand trial; (2) that his trial was fundamentally unfair; and (3) that the district court’s instruction on insanity was incorrect. Finding Birdsell’s arguments merit-less, we AFFIRM the…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Dusky v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Estelle v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- John Joseph Blake v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- United States v. David GarzaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- United States v. Frank Hayes, Dorothy Foley Hayes and Alice BaldwinCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
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3Cited by49 opinions
- Allen Peteet, Ann I. Greenhill, Individually and on Behalf of the Heirs of the Estate of James Edward Greenhill, Deceased v. Dow Chemical CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1989
- United States v. Charles Joseph Hogan, A/K/A Hal Winter Michael TrupeiCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1993
- United States v. Felmon Lakeith Laury, A/K/A Felmon Keith Ashley, A/K/A Walter Ray NicholsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
- United States v. Angel John ZabanehCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988
- United States v. SparksCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
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