Billy Joe Helton v. United States

Fifth Circuit

Billy Joe Helton v. United States

231 F.2d 654, 1956 U.S. App. LEXIS 3437

CourtCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

DecidedApril 12, 1956

Docket15664_1

StatusPublished

Cited by5 cases

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Billy Joe Helton v. United States, 231 F.2d 654, 1956 U.S. App. LEXIS 3437 (5th Cir. 1956).

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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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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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