United States of Amcerica v. Charles Vernon Hawkins

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
United States of Amcerica v. Charles Vernon Hawkins, 444 F.2d 224 (5th Cir. 1971)
Brown, Ge-Win, Morgan, Per Curiam

United States of Amcerica v. Charles Vernon Hawkins

070rehearing

ON PETITION FOR REHEARING AND PETITION FOR REHEARING EN BANC

PER CURIAM:

The Petition for Rehearing is Denied and no member of this panel nor Judge in regular active service on the Court having requested that the Court be polled on rehearing en banc, (Rule 35 Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure; Local Fifth Circuit Rule 12) the Petition for Rehearing En Banc is Denied.

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM:

Affirmed. See Local Rule 21.1a

. See NLRB v. Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, 5 Cir., 1970, 430 F.2d 966.

The appellant claims the following errors :

(1) The indictment should have been dismissed because the statute under which he was indicted was amended prior to trial; (2) The punishment provided by statute is cruel and unusual in violation of the Eighth Amendment; (3) The court should have granted his motion to suppress and should not have permitted a box of ammunition to be admitted into evidence; and (4) His prison and fingerprint records should not have been admitted into evidence.

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Full Case Name
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Charles Vernon HAWKINS, Defendant-Appellant
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Published