Legal Opinion
United States v. Derrick Cornelius Gayle, Claude Bertram Hester
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided July 24, 1992No. 90-7500PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:
Claude Bertram Hester and Derrick Cornelius Gayle were convicted of impersonating federal officers in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 912. Both men challenged their convictions, contending that the indictment was insufficient because it failed to allege an “intent to deceive” and because it failed to assert separate overt acts beyond the impersonation of officers. A panel of this court, finding itself bound by pre-1981 Fifth Circuit law, reversed the convictions. United States v. Gayle, 936 F.2d 1234 (11th Cir.1991). A majority of the judges of this court in regular active…
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