Legal Opinion
United States v. Ernest Ralph Poole
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 6, 1967No. 15475_1PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*646KILEY, Circuit Judge.
Poole was convicted by a jury of violating the so-called Lindbergh Kidnaping Law1 and was sentenced to twenty years’ imprisonment. We reverse and remand for a new trial.
On the night of May 18, 1965, Richard Keller drove his date from their home city, Chaffee, Missouri, to “The Little Villa,” a tavern in McClure, Illinois, where they had some drinks and stayed until about 1:30 a. m. When they left The Little Villa, they met Poole, who assisted Keller in getting his car started and in return was given a ride by Keller to Poole’s stated destination at Cape Gir-ardeau,…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Napue v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- McNabb v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Giles v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- William B. Barbee v. Warden, Maryland PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1964
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3Cited by50 opinions
- United States v. William Herbert Greene, IIICourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1974
- Means v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1968
- United States v. Deloy C. RossCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Robert Lee Williams v. Michael Lane, Director, Department of Corrections, and Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General of the State of IllinoisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
- Johnson Kenneth Evans v. Theodore Janing, Sheriff of Douglas County, NebraskaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1973
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