Legal Opinion
Luther M. Powell v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 11, 1969No. 21678_1PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III, Circuit Judge:
Appellant was arrested while operating a cab exhibiting the name and colors of the Coast Line Cab Company, and was later found guilty by a jury in the District Court of an unauthorized use of that vehicle. 1 In this court he contends that the evidence adduced by the Government on its case in chief was legally insufficient to show that he was driving the cab without lawful authority, and that his motion, then made, for a judgment of. acquittal 2 should accordingly have been granted. From our scrutiny of the record, we conclude that the motion was…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Curley v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1947
- Bernard Austin v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967
- Jefferson Crawford v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967
- Earl R. Cephus v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1963
- Cooper v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1954
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Burks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- United States v. Bobby StatenCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1978
- United States v. Joseph B. DavisCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1977
- United States v. Frederick BetheaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1971
- Franey v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978
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