U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1956

Billy Joe Helton v. United States

Billy Joe Helton v. United States
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · Decided April 12, 1956 · Rives, Tuttle, Jones
231 F.2d 654; 1956 U.S. App. LEXIS 3437 (Federal Reporter, Second Series)

Billy Joe Helton v. United States

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

It is necessary to consider only the first specification of error to the effect that the district court erred in failing to charge on the presumption of innocence. Appellant's exception to such failure duly reserved must be sustained. Coffin v. U. S., 156 U.S. 432, 15 S.Ct. 394, 39 L.Ed. 481.

The judgment of conviction is accordingly reversed and the case remanded for a new trial.

Reversed and remanded.

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