U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1969

Bernard Wilson v. United States

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · Decided May 26, 1969 · Rives, Bell, Dyer

409 F.2d 604 (Federal Reporter, Second Series)

Counsel

Carl E. Maye, McKee & Maye, Robert H. Brown, Brown & McMillan, Opelika, Ala., Knox M. McMillan, Auburn, Ala., for appellant., Ben Hardeman, U. S. Atty., Jack Patterson, Asst. U. S. Atty., Montgomery, Ala., for appellee.

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8 later published cases cite this decision.

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United States v. John Alford Reeves and Jerry D. Reed (10th Cir. 1970)
United States v. Deodies Curry and Shirley Pierce Curry (9th Cir. 1970)
Edgar Lee Whatley, Edward Reed Whatley and Frank Durell Moody v. United States (5th Cir. 1970)
United States v. Bart R. Fricano and Rosario Casale (2d Cir. 1969)

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Opinion

ON MOTION OF APPELLEE FOR SUMMARY AFFIRMANCE

Before RIVES, BELL and DYER, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM:

The sole issue presented on this appeal is whether the appellant’s assertion of his Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination is a defense to a charge of possession of an unregistered distillery under 26 U.S.C. 5601(a) (1). That question has heretofore been answered by this Circuit in the negative. 1

The motion is therefore granted 2 and the judgment of conviction is affirmed.

. See Thornburg v. United States, 406 F.2d 1060 [Feb. 4, 1969] (distillery); Hall v. United States, 407 F.2d 1320 [Jan. 30, 1969] (non-tax-paid whiskey); Grant v. United States, 407 F.2d 56 [Jan. 30, 1969] (wholesaling without license of non-tax-paid whiskey); Shoffeit v. United States, 5 Cir. 1968, 403 F.2d 991, cert. denied 393 U.S. 1084, 89 S.Ct. 868, 21 L.Ed.2d 777 Feb. 24, 1969 (No. 868) (whiskey containers); Anderson & Southern v. United States, 5 Cir. 1968, 403 F.2d 206 (distillery, non-tax-paid whiskey, etc.); Brown v. United States, 5 Cir. 1968, 401 F.2d 769 (containers).

. See Fifth Circuit new Rule 19 adopted on December 6, 1968; compare Groendyke Transport, Inc. v. Davis, 5 Cir. 1969, 406 F.2d 1158 [Jan. 2, 1969].

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