Legal Opinion
United States v. Willie D. King, Fred Lee Jones and Tellis Jones
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 1, 1976No. 75-2840PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KRAFT, District Judge:
Appellants, Willie D. King, (King) Fred Lee Jones and his brother, Tellis Jones, were charged with (1) conspiracy to engage in the business of dealing in firearms without being licensed to do so, 1 and (2) having engaged in that business without a license. 2 The Jones brothers were convicted of the substantive charge and all three appellants were convicted of conspiracy.
Two issues are raised by all appellants, one issue by two appellants and the remaining issues are separately raised only by Tellis Jones. We shall deal first with the issues commonly raised.
The first…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- United States v. MillerSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- United States v. Guadalupe M. MoradoCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- United States v. George Camillo JacquillonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- United States v. Gilbert Lee GrossCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1971
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3Cited by35 opinions
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- United States v. George Tom Darby, Constantine Yamanis, Vincent Calise, and Michael YamanisCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
- United States v. Arias-VillanuevaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1993
- United States v. Robert L. Lippner, Jr. And James Buddy WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- United States v. John Terrance Garcia, Phillip G. JackmanCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
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