Legal Opinion

United States v. Columbus Schalah Stephens, Jr.

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided December 27, 1985No. 85-4214PublishedCited by 36 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.

Columbus Schalah Stephens, Jr. appeals his conviction on one count of falsifying information on a Farmers’ Home Administration (FmHA) loan application, 18 U.S.C. § 1014, and five counts of mail fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1341. He contends on appeal: (1) the evidence is insufficient to sustain his conviction, (2) testimony was erroneously excluded, (3) the jury charge was incorrect, (4) government summary exhibits were er roneously admitted into evidence, and (5) the government varied its proof and argument from the bill of particulars. We reject the defendant’s…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  2. United States v. Nelson BellCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
  3. Bell v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  4. United States v. Cecil Dwayne Evans, Arnold Gene Tate, and Charles Edward Gent, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
  5. United States v. LemireCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1983

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3Cited by36 opinions

  1. United States v. David Lamar Faulkner, Spencer H. Blain, Jr., James L. Toler and Arthur FormannCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994
  2. United States v. Samuel Duncan, Jr., Grace Duncan, Gay Nell Duncan, Marshall Sutton, Angela F. Turner, Arthur D. Wilson, and Oscar L. WilsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1991
  3. Guillory v. Domtar Industries Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
  4. United States v. BishopCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2001
  5. United States v. WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2001

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