Legal Opinion
Merrill v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 4, 1938No. 8461PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MATHEWS, Circuit Judge.
Appellants were indicted, tried, convicted, and sentenced for violating section 215 of the Criminal Code, 18 U.S.C.A. § 338. They appealed. We reversed the judgment of conviction, but, on appellee’s petition, granted a rehearing. That has been had. The question is whether the evidence was sufficient to warrant submission of the case to the jury.
The indictment is in ten counts. Count 1 alleges that appellants devised a scheme to defraud and for obtaining money and property by means of false and fraudulent pretenses, representations, and promises. As described in count 1,…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Hyde v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- United States v. KisselSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Marino v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1937
- Brown v. ElliottSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Little v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1934
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Mitchell v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1942
- United States v. Robert Llewelyn Love, United States of America v. Arthur Luray LyonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1976
- Dyhre v. HudspethCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1939
- Walker v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1940
- Marshall v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1944
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