Legal Opinion
La Page v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 10, 1945No. 12863PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STONE, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a conviction for violation of the White Slave Traffic Act, 18 U.S.C.A. § 397 et seq.
Appellant urges here three claimed errors: (1) Improper restriction of cross-examination of a witness; (2) error in the charge to the jury, and (3) insufficiency of the evidence to support the crime set forth in the indictment. We have examined the points as to restriction of cross-examination and as to the charge to the jury and find no merit in either.
The serious matter is the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the crime charged in the indictment. The…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Peck v. JennessSupreme Court of the United States · 1849
- Market Co. v. HoffmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- Gebardi v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Harold Lee Batsell v. United States of America, (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1969
- Harold Eugene Kistner, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1964
- McGuire v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1945
- Lodge 1858, American Federation of Government Employees v. WebbCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1978
- Catherine Louise Harms and Ruth Twisdale Cousins v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1959
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