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324 F.2d 27

Docket No. 20190.

Rowe v. United States

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Decided Oct. 25, 1963.

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · decided 1963-10-25

Cited by 6 later decisions — most recently January 1966

6 federal appellate ·

2 counsel of record

Relies on Anderson v. Alabama · Baker v. Carr · Hall v. United States

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Opinion by (per_curiam) · Decided 1963-10-25

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¶1Wesley R. Asinof, Charles R. Smith, Atlanta, Ga., for appellant.

¶2Bobby C. Milam, Robert D. Feagin, III, Asst. U. S. Attys., Charles L. Good-son, U. S. Atty., Atlanta, Ga., for appellee.

¶3Before TUTTLE, Chief Judge, and BROWN and BELL, Circuit Judges.

¶4PER CURIAM.

¶5In this appeal from a conviction on three counts of a four-count indictment for violation of the liquor laws, appellant makes a strong contention that there was no evidence submitted to the jury to the effect that the liquor that was purchased failed to have the required revenue stamps affixed to it. While the Government can point to no evidence expressly stating that there were no stamps affixed to the whiskey, it contends that there was sufficient circumstantial evidence to warrant the jury's inferring that no stamps had been affixed. The most persuasive is that the purchases were made for $5.50 a gallon, whereas the stamps themselves would have cost $10.50 a gallon.

¶6We think it is not necessary to determine whether there was sufficient evidence to warrant the jury’s finding of a verdict of guilty as to these two counts, *28because we conclude that there is unquestionably ample evidence to support the jury’s verdict of guilt as to the fourth count. Since the sentence of 18 months falls within the maximum permissible for a single count, the sentence will not be disturbed even though there might be error in connection with one or more counts. Walker v. United States, 5 Cir., 285 F.2d 52, 60; Hall v. United States, 5 Cir., 286 F.2d 676, fn. 16, p. 680, cert. denied 366 U.S. 910, 81 S.Ct. 1087, 6 L.Ed.2d 236.

¶7The judgment is affirmed.

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