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Parties Involved:
Harold E. Staples
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

PUBLISH 

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

TENTH CIRCUIT 

FILED 

United States Oaurt of Appeals 

Tenth Circuit 

JUL 2 1 199' 

ROBERT L. HOECKER 

Clerk 

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Plaintiff-Appellee, 

v. No. 91-5033 

HAROLD E. STAPLES, 

Defendant-Appellant. 

APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA 

(D.C. NO. 90-CR-75-C) 

Susan W. Pennington, Assistant United States Attorney (Tony M. 

Graham, United States Attorney and Neal B. Kirkpatrick, Assistant 

United States Attorney, with her on the brief), for PlaintiffAppellee. 

Clark 0. Brewster of Brewster and Shallcross, (Jennifer L. 

DeAngelis with him on the brief), Tulsa, Oklahoma, for DefendantAppellant. 

Before ANDERSON and EBEL, Circuit Judges, and ANDERSON,* District 

Judge. 

ANDERSON, Circuit Judge. 

Pursuant to the opinion of the United States Supreme Court in 

Staples v. United States, 114 S. Ct. 1793 (1994), the court 

* The Honorable Aldan J. Anderson, Senior Judge, United States 

District Court for the District of Utah, sitting by designation. 

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recalls its mandate and vacates its judgment. The judgment of 

conviction entered by the district court is also vacated. 

The appellant has consistently challenged the sufficiency of 

the evidence in this case, including motions at trial for a 

judgment of acquittal at the close of the government's case and at 

the close of all the evidence, and argument of the point on 

appeal. We address those contentions anew in light of the opinion 

of the Supreme Court. See United States v. Cooley, 1 F.3d 985, 

996-98 (lOth Cir. 1993); United States v. Haddock, 961 F.2d 933, 

934 (lOth Cir.), cert. denied, 113 s. Ct. 88 (1992) (and cases 

cited therein); United States v. Jelsma, 630 F.2d 778 (lOth Cir. 

1980); and United States v. Morris, 612 F.2d 483, 491-92 (lOth 

Cir. 1979). 

Upon reviewing the record we conclude that no rational juror 

could find Mr. Staples guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of the 

offense charged. Accordingly, the case is REMANDED to the 

district court with instructions to enter a judgment of acquittal. 

The mandate shall issue forthwith. 

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