Legal Opinion

Ginsberg v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided April 14, 1938No. 8418PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.

Louis Ginsberg, Guy Payne, and Uhle Eichenbaum appeal from convictions for conspiracy to violate the federal narcotic laws and for substantive violations of them. Errors assigned are a refusal of a bill of particulars, refusal to quash the indictment before trial and, on conclusion of the government’s case, refusal of a continuance, refusal of instructed verdict of not guilty, refusal to exclude evidence got by wire tapping, and as to a misconduct of the prosecuting attorney and a charge of the court to the jury. The sentences also are asserted to be cruel and unusual…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. United States v. BallSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
  2. Wong Tai v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
  3. Nardone v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
  4. Goldsby v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
  5. United States v. MarchantSupreme Court of the United States · 1827

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Hewitt v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1940
  2. State v. FreemanSupreme Court of Kansas · 1978
  3. George Stine Smith v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1959
  4. William James Rummel v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
  5. Hart v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1940

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