Legal Opinion
Ritter v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 5, 1923No. 4004PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUDKIN, Circuit Judge.
The information in this case charges the two defendants, Ritter and Church, with the possession and sale of intoxicating liquor in two counts. The defendant Church was acquitted and the defendant Ritter convicted as to each count. The latter has sued out a writ of error. At the commencement of the trial, the plaintiff in error objected to the introduction of any testimony on the ground that the information failed to state facts sufficient to constitute a public offense. The sufficiency of an indictment or information cannot be tested in this way. Wild v. United States…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Woo Wai v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1915
- Billingsley v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1921
- Peterson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1919
- Hensberg v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1923
- Goldman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1915
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Sorrells v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- United States v. ChisumDistrict Court, C.D. California · 1970
- O'BRIEN v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1931
- Weiderman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1926
- Stubbs v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1924
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