Legal Opinion
United States v. Leon Goodson
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 18, 1971No. 28873_1PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
INGRAHAM, Circuit Judge:
Appellant Goodson was convicted upon a jury verdict of guilty of violation of the National Firearms Act, 26 U.S.C. § 5801, et seq. The offense charged arose from the possession of a firearm (“sawed-off” shotgun), as defined by 26 U.S.C. § 5848, alleged to have been made in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 5821, such possession being violative of § 5851 of the Act. 1
In appealing his conviction, Goodson has raised five points of error — (1) insufficiency of the evidence to support the conviction; (2) error by the trial court in instructing the jury; (3) admission into evidence…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- United States v. GaineySupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Rossi v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Norman Gene Sipes v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1963
- Kenneth E. Waters v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1964
- Harley Maurice Bryan v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
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3Cited by17 opinions
- United States v. Cecil Dwayne Evans, Arnold Gene Tate, and Charles Edward Gent, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- United States v. PerezCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- United States v. Jimmie Truitt, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1975
- United States v. Dale R. JavinoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1992
- United States v. Martin Willard Houltin and Kenneth B. PhillipsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
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