Legal Opinion
United States v. Charles Lidge Bolts and Joe Dee Hicks
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 29, 1977No. 76-4253PublishedCited by 125 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:
This criminal case involves a conspiracy, of which appellant Joe Dee Hicks was the alleged mastermind, to smuggle thousands of dollars worth of heroin and cocaine into the United States from Southeast Asia and from Colombia, South America. Appellants were convicted pursuant to an eleven-count indictment against fifteen persons. Hicks and the other appellant, Charles Lidge Bolts, were tried together before a jury with Hicks’ wife, Janet, whose case was severed after the Government had rested. The other persons named in the indictment, with the exception of those not…
2Cases cited31 opinions
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- United States v. John L. MorrowCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- United States v. Herbert SperlingCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
- United States v. Phillip Onori and Theodore BukkyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
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3Cited by125 opinions
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- United States v. Dale Murray, Paul Leahey, Ronald Vanderbosch, Lawrence Tower, and Linton SherlockCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
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