Court Opinion

ID: 9454676
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-04 18:54:12.482714+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:34:13.940387
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DYER, Circuit Judge
(specially concurring).
I reluctantly concur in the result because of our previous decision in Glisson v. United States, 5 Cir. 1969, 406 F.2d 423. In Glisson the court held that “frequently in Dyer Act cases ‘possession is the basis for conviction’ as it was in Jones.” This simply is not so. Jones was that unusual type of case where possession would both convict and confer standing. Possession, standing alone, does not establish guilt under the Dyer Act. It merely raises an inference that the jury may consider in the light of surrounding circumstances. Orser v. United States, 5 Cir. 1966, 362 F.2d 580.
While I therefore do not agree with Glisson I accept it as a binding precedent.