Legal Opinion

United States v. James Wade Cawley 1 and Lou Wiggs, 2

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided August 1, 1973No. 72-2418PublishedCited by 33 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SIMPSON, Circuit Judge:

Cawley and Wiggs appeal from their convictions following a joint trial before a jury. Cawley was convicted under Counts One, Two, (as an aider and abettor, Title 18, U.S.C. Sec. 2) Three, Four and Five, of a six-count indictment. He was not named in Count Six. He received confinement sentences of five years under Count One, and ten years under each of the remaining counts, subject to the indeterminate parole provisions of Title 18 U.S.C. Sec. 4208(a)(2), all sentences to run concurrently. Wiggs was convicted under Counts One, Two, Three and Four, the only counts under…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  2. Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Santobello v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  4. Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  5. Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965

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3Cited by33 opinions

  1. United States v. HaldemanCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1976
  2. United States v. Andrew Jackson RobertsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
  3. United States v. Terry Ray UptainCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
  4. United States v. Vernon J. FontenotCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
  5. Patrick Garrison Williams v. Bruce Brown, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980

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