United States v. Byrd

Full title: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, v. RICHARD GLYNN BYRD…

Court: United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

Date published: May 28, 1974

494 F.2d 1284 (5th Cir. 1974)

Opinion

No. 73-1426.

May 28, 1974.

Warren Heagy, Odessa, Tex., for defendant-appellant.

Anthony J. P. Farris, U.S. Atty., Robert G. Darden, Asst. U.S. Atty., Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas; Ben C. Connally, Chief Judge.

Before BELL, GODBOLD and INGRAHAM, Circuit Judges.

ON PETITION FOR REHEARING AND PETITION FOR REHEARING EN BANC [2] Opinion Sept. 7, 1973, 5 Cir., 1973, 483 F.2d 1196.

PER CURIAM:

We grant appellee's petition for rehearing. In United States v. Miller, 492 F.2d 37 (5th Cir., 1974), the court held that Almeida-Sanchez v. United States, 1973, 413 U.S. 266, 93 S.Ct. 2535, 37 L.Ed.2d 596, should be given only prospective application. We therefore abandon any reliance upon Almeida-Sanchez. We do, however, sustain our prior reversal¹ upon the authority of United States v. Storm, 480 F.2d 701 (5th Cir., 1973), and Marsh v. United States, 344 F.2d 317 (5th Cir., 1965), as discussed therein. See also United States v. Bursey, 491 F.2d 531 (5th Cir., 1974).

1 United States v. Byrd, 483 F.2d 1196 (1973).