Legal Opinion
Robert Frederick Huff and William Constantine Nicholson v. United States or America
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 23, 1962No. 18753PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal tests the conviction of Robert Huff and William Nicholson for violation of the Wire Fraud Statute, 18 U.S.C.A. § 1343, and conspiring to do so under 18 U.S.C.A. § 371. Defense counsel in ten Specifications of Error has put into question every step of the proceedings leading up to the judgment of conviction — from the indictment to the charge to the jury.1 Finding no error in the law, and finding sufficient evidence to support the verdict, we affirm the judgment.
The events leading up to the alleged crime of 1960 began on September 17, 1957. The evidence…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- John Perez and Arturo Moreno, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
- Fasulo v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- United States v. Geraldine Gavagan, as Administratrix of the Estate of John Gordon Gavagan, DeceasedCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
- Harold S. Kahm v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
- Anthony Panci v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958
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3Cited by39 opinions
- United States v. HaldemanCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1976
- United States v. Roy B. Kelly, Cecil v. Hagen and Milton J. ShuckCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1965
- United States v. Cecil Dwayne Evans, Arnold Gene Tate, and Charles Edward Gent, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- United States v. Sammy G. Daily and Frederik A. FiggeCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1991
- United States v. James Scott PendergraftCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2002
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