Legal Opinion
United States v. Thomas F. Danehy
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 29, 1982No. 81-5216PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Per curiam
Thomas Danehy appeals his conviction under 18 U.S.C. §§ 2, 111, and 1114 for *1313forcibly resisting, opposing, impeding, and interfering with Coast Guardsmen while they were engaged in the performance of their duties. We reverse his conviction and remand for a new trial below.
The facts of the case are much in dispute. Nevertheless, we shall try to describe generally what took place on the night of March 22, 1980. A distress call came into the Coast Guard Station at Cortez, Florida that night. Two Coast Guard personnel were dispatched in a seventeen-foot, open deck, tri-hulled craft to search for…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- United States v. Augustine FerroneCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971
- United States v. James Earl Young, Sr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- United States v. Curtis HewittCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
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3Cited by41 opinions
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- United States v. Carl BaileyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- United States v. Augustin GonzalezCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1996
- United States v. Cecil Lovell JacksonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984
- United States v. Alan James DringCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1991
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