Legal Opinion
Bratton v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided November 17, 1934No. 1112PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MeDERMOTT, Circuit Judge..Appellant was convicted and sentenced to eighteen months in the penitentiary under an indictment which is set out in the margin. 1 .
Section 145 of the Criminal Code (18-USCA § 250) provides:
“Whoever shall, under a threat of informing, or as a consideration for not informing, against any violation of any law of the United States, demand or receive any money or other valuable thing, shall be fined not more than $2,000, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.”
Section 146 (18 USCA § 251) provides:
“Whoever, having knowledge of the actual commission of the crime of…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- United States v. LombardoSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Evans v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- United States v. La FrancaSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- United States v. PridgeonSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Knewel v. EganSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
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3Cited by44 opinions
- Branzburg v. HayesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Paul John Carbo, Frank Palermo, Joseph Sica, Louis Tom Dragna, and Truman K. Gibson, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1963
- Epstein v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1949
- United States v. William DaddanoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1970
- United States v. Danny R. WartersCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1989
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