Legal Opinion
John Eugene Kniess v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 8, 1969No. 22514_1PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ELY, Circuit Judge:
The appellant’s arrest in Phoenix, Arizona, terminated an escapade in which he had passed a series of bogus postal money orders in Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Kansas, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Washington. In one state, Washington, he was federally indicted for having unlawfully passed counterfeit “securities” of the United States. 18 U.S.C. § 472. 1 However, federal grand juries in all other affected jurisdictions returned indictments against Kniess for unlawfully passing forged “postal money orders. 18 U.S.C. § 500. 2
Kniess ultimately agreed…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- United States v. HutchesonSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Prussian v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- United States v. NixonSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Dunaway v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1948
- Vedin v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1919
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3Cited by19 opinions
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- United States v. Bautista Castillo-FelixCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1976
- Frederick Allen Hockenberry v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1970
- United States v. Jaime Gomez-TostadoCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
- UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gary D. RUSTER, Defendant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
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