Legal Opinion
Homer Jefferson French v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 10, 1956No. 15438_1PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BORAH, Circuit Judge.
Appellant was convicted on a ten-count indictment for falsely making and forging five narcotics prescriptions and for uttering and publishing the same as true, all in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 494. From the judgment and sentence which were entered upon the jury verdict, defendant has appealed.
Appellant first contends that it was error to convict him upon confessions uncorroborated by proof of the corpus delicti. He makes the broad claim that to prove the corpus delicti the evidence aliunde the confession must establish every essential element of the offense charged…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Michelson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Opper v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Ercoli v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1942
- Mangum v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1923
- Eldred Clifton Manning v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1954
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3Cited by31 opinions
- Carl Roberts and Barbara Bookout v. United States of America, John Cocco v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- United States v. Harry Lloyd DavisCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Robert L. Strauss v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
- Robert Henry Landsdown v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
- John A. Naples v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1964
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