UNITED STATES v. OWENS

No. 71-3322.

460 F.2d 467 (1972)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Raymond OWENS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 11, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roland J. Achee, Shreveport, La. (Court-Appointed), for defendant-appellant.

Donald E. Walter, U. S. Atty., Paul Lynch, Asst. U. S. Atty., Shreveport, La., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WISDOM, GOLDBERG and CLARK, Circuit Judges.


GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:

In this case we are asked to affirm the conviction of a seventeen-year-old boy for aiding and abetting the interstate transportation of forged money orders. His conviction rests on restless pedestals—a combination of irrelevant presumptions and irrational inferences. Unless we conclude that reason and rationality have departed the law, reversal is compelled in this case.

This is an in forma pauperis appeal from a conviction...

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