Legal Opinion

Maffie v. United States

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided January 7, 1954No. 4735_1PublishedCited by 45 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MAGRUDER, Chief Judge.

Adolph Maffie appeals from a judgment imposing a sentence of imprisonment for one year upon conviction of the offense of criminal contempt. The case is one of several which we heard together, arising out of a federal grand jury investigation of the Brink’s robbery in Boston on January 17, 1950. 1 Our main opinion in this group of eases, in Carlson v. United States, No. 4732, 1 Cir., 209 F.2d 209 should be read for a fuller understanding of the present case. But this case has certain difficult features of its own, and as we keep thinking about it, we fear this will…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Hoffman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
  2. Blau v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
  3. Marcello v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1952
  4. Carlson v. United States (Three Cases)Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1954
  5. Hooley v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1954

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3Cited by45 opinions

  1. Ullmann v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
  2. Doe v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  3. Emspak v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
  4. United States v. Emanuel JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1973
  5. Vincent Coppola v. Ronald L. Powell, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1989

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