UNITED STATES v. REED

No. 26640.

421 F.2d 190 (1969)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Louis Johnnie B. REED Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

December 15, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Swep S. Taylor, Jr., Jackson, Miss. (Court-appointed) for defendant-appellant.

Robert E. Hauberg, U. S. Atty., Joseph E. Brown, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Jackson, Miss., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, and WISDOM, GEWIN, BELL, THORNBERRY, COLEMAN, GOLDBERG, AINSWORTH, GODBOLD, DYER, SIMPSON, MORGAN and CARSWELL, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

The Court sitting in banc recedes from and overrules the decision of the majority of the panel in this case,1 for the reasons set forth by Judge Simpson in dissent.

In doing so, we do not consider it necessary to disturb the holding of Hellman v. United States, 5 Cir. 1964, 339 F.2d 36, 38, as applied to the facts in that case. The facts are distinguished from those in this case...

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