Legal Opinion
Schaffer v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 16, 1960No. 111PublishedCited by 463 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clark
Involved here are questions concerning joinder of defendants under Rule 8 (b) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure,1 and whether shipments of stolen goods in interstate commerce may be aggregated as to value in order to meet the statutory minimum of $5,000, under 18 U. S. C. § 2314.2
*513The indictment charged transportation in interstate commerce of goods known to have been stolen and having a value in excess of $5,000. It contained three substantive counts. Count 1 charged the two Schaffers (petitioners in No. Ill) and the three Stracuzzas (defendants below, who either pleaded guilty or…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- McElroy v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- United States v. DietrichU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Nebraska · 1904
- United States v. Max Schaffer, Norman Schaffer, Benjamin T. Marco and Hyman Karp, Anthony Stracuzza, Mario Stracuzza and Dorothy StracuzzaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1959
- Andrews v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1939
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3Cited by463 opinions
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- United States v. William BentvenaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
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