· 2/16/1971
United States v. Walter B. Spears
Citations
- 449 F.2d 946
- 145 U.S. App. D.C. 284
- 1971 U.S. App. LEXIS 11849
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- possession in robbery statute does “not depend on the niceties of property law,” and means “nothing more than custody or control”
- “The Revised Statutes were not generally intended to work a change in existing law.”
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Judges: Robinson, MacKinnon, Wilkey
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