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Burley v. United States

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
Jan 26, 1959
263 F.2d 912 (10th Cir. 1959)

Opinion

No. 5971.

January 26, 1959.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Colorado; Alfred A. Arraj, Judge.

Irving P. Andrews, Denver, Colo., for appellant.

John S. Pfeiffer, Asst. U.S. Atty., for Dist. of Colo., Denver Colo. (Donald E. Kelley, U.S. Atty., for the Dist. of Colo., Denver, Colo., on the brief), for appellee.

Before PHILLIPS, MURRAH and LEWIS, Circuit Judges.


This is a companion case to Robinson v. United States, 10 Cir., 263 F.2d 911. Appellant was convicted upon the first and fifth counts of the same indictment therein considered and held to be fatally defective. For the reasons stated in Robinson the judgment is reversed with instructions to dismiss the indictment.


For the reasons indicated in my dissent in Robinson v. United States, 10 Cir., 263 F.2d 912, I would affirm the conviction on Count One.


Summaries of

Burley v. United States

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
Jan 26, 1959
263 F.2d 912 (10th Cir. 1959)
Case details for

Burley v. United States

Case Details

Full title:James G. BURLEY, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit

Date published: Jan 26, 1959

Citations

263 F.2d 912 (10th Cir. 1959)

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