LICHTENSTEIN v. UNITED STATES

No. 20686.

341 F.2d 476 (1965)

Charles I. LICHTENSTEIN, a/k/a Charles Wells, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 9, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph A. Varon, Hollywood, Fla., William C. Pierce, Tampa, Fla., for appellant.

Robert G. McGowan, Asst. U. S. Atty., Thomas J. Hanlon, III, Sp. Asst. U.S. Atty., William A. Meadows, Jr., U. S. Atty., Tampa, Fla., for appellee.

Before TUTTLE, Chief Judge, JONES, Circuit Judge, and GROOMS, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

This appeal is pitched exclusively on the contention of appellant that the Government's case was established solely by circumstantial evidence and that such evidence "was wholly insufficient to convict, as it did not exclude, as it must, every other reasonable conclusion than that of guilt". Appellant does not deny having done the acts that are alleged as the overt act under the conspiracy. There was ample evidence of the existence of a conspiracy and...

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