HEAD

v.

EYMAN, WARDEN

Citator

Cited By (11 total)

• United States v. Hilton Jerry Kelton, 446 F.2d 669 (8th Cir. 1971)
  …he verdict must be one of not guilty and the court has a duty to direct an acquittal. See United States v. Jones, supra; Lerma v. United States, 387 F. 2d 187, 188 (8 Cir. 1968); Sykes v. United States, 312 F. 2d 232, 235 (8 Cir. 1963), cert. denied 373 U.S. 942, 83 S.Ct. 1551, 10 L.Ed.2d 698. We find a total lack of evidence to show that the defendant engaged in some affirmative conduct in furtherance of the crime. Under the circumstances, there exists no predicate of proof to support the jury verdict. R…
• United States v. Wheeler, 444 F.2d 385 (10th Cir. 1971)
  …ctions taken as a whole, did not mislead the jury. See also Devine v. United States, 403 F. 2d 93 (10th Cir. 1968), cert. denied 394 U.S. 1003, 89 S.Ct. 1599, 22 L.Ed.2d 780 (1969); Sykes v. United States, 312 F. 2d 232 (8th Cir. 1963), cert. denied 373 U.S. 942, 83 S.Ct. 1551, 10 L.Ed.2d 698 (1963). We hold there was no prejudice to the appellant. Sufficiency of Evidence Wheeler alleges that the evidence is insufficient to sustain conviction and that the jury’s verdict could only be based on speculation.…
• Wood v. United States, 361 F.2d 802 (8th Cir. 1966)
  …upon Tri-Angle Club, Inc. v. United States, 265 F. 2d 829 (8 Cir. 1959), and Wesson v. United States, 172 F. 2d 931 (8 Cir. 1949), for the standard for which he contends. See also, Sykes v. United States, 312 F. 2d 232, 235 (8 Cir. 1963), cert. den. 373 U.S. 942, 83 S.Ct. 1551, 10 L.Ed.2d 698; Byrth v. United States, 327 F. 2d 917, 919 (8 Cir. 1964), cert. den. 377 U.S. 931, 84 S.Ct. 1333, 12 L.Ed.2d 295.…