Case Name: Sam PICALAS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1929-07-22
Citations: 33 F.2d 1022
Docket Number: No. 2792
Parties: Sam PICALAS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.
Judges: Before PARKER and NORTHCOTT, Circuit Judges, and McCLINTIC, District Judge.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 33
Pages: 1022–1023

Head Matter:
Sam PICALAS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.
Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
July 22, 1929.
No. 2792.
For opinion of court below, see 27 F.(2d) 366.
John B. Wyatt, of Clarksburg, W. Va., for appellant.
Arthur Arnold, U. S. Atty., of Piedmont, W. Va., and Russell L. Furbee, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Fairmont, W. Va.
Before PARKER and NORTHCOTT, Circuit Judges, and McCLINTIC, District Judge.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The majority of the court are of the opinion that this ease cannot be distinguished in principle from the ease of Isner v. U. S. (C. C. A.) 8 F.(2d) 487, and that consequently the portions of the charge complained of constituted reversible error. The principles of law involved were clearly set forth in the opinion of Judge Webb, speaking for this court, in the Isner Case. That decision has never been overruled, and must be followed as the law applicable in such eases. The judgment of the District Court will accordingly be reversed, and the case will be remanded for a new trial.
Reversed.
McCLINTIC, District Judge, dissents.