Legal Opinion
United States v. Mercer
District Court, N.D. California
Decided July 5, 1955No. Crim. No. 34493PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OLIVER J. CARTER, District Judge.
Before the Court are defendants’ motions to dismiss the indictment against them on the ground that it fails to allege an offense against the United States, and for judgment of acquittal as to count four of that indictment.
Counts two and three of the indictment charge the defendants with transmitting sounds by means of interstate wire for the purpose of executing a scheme to defraud, in violation of 18 U. S.C. § 1343; count four charges the defendants with transporting money of a value in excess of $5,000 in interstate commerce, knowing that money to have been…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Pereira v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Pettibone v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- United States v. HessSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Johnson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1953
- United States v. CrummerCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1945
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3Cited by6 opinions
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- Jerry Robert Loman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1957
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- United States v. BrandomDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1967
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