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415 F.2d 475

Docket No. 26549

United States v. Meadows

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Decided Sept. 15, 1969.

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · decided 1969-09-15

Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently June 1970

3 federal appellate ·

2 counsel of record

Relies on Leary v. United States · Murphy v. Houma Well Service · United States v. Covington

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Opinion by (per_curiam) · Decided 1969-09-15

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¶1Summary Calendar.

¶2*476Edward M. Kay, Varon, Stahl & Perlin, Hollywood, Fla., for appellant.

¶3William A. Meadows, Jr., U. S. Atty., J. V. Eskenazi, Asst. U. S. Atty., Miami, Fla., for appellee.

¶4Before BELL, AINSWORTH, and GODBOLD, Circuit Judges.

¶5PER CURIAM:

¶6 Roy Aubrey Meadows was convicted of violating 26 U.S.C. § 4744(a) (1) (1964), which makes possession of marihuana unlawful by one who has not paid the transfer tax thereon. He appealed his conviction to this Court on September 10, 1968. We withheld a decision in this case pending the outcome of Leary v. United States, 1969, 395 U.S. 6, 89 S.Ct. 1532, 23 L.Ed.2d 57, and United States v. Covington, 1969, 395 U.S. 57, 89 S.Ct. 1559, 23 L.Ed.2d 94. Meadows now argues, and the Government concedes, that these decisions of the Supreme Court compel the reversal of his conviction. Accordingly we reverse Meadows’ conviction without further discussion.1

¶7Reversed.

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