Bernard Wilson v. United States

409 F.2d 604

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
• Decided: May 26, 1969
• Docket: 26074
• Status: Published

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.

1 . 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).

2 . 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].