Legal Opinion
Weiss v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 9, 1941No. 9735PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLMES, Circuit Judge.
The appellant was convicted on the first three counts of a nine-count indictment, all charging the use of the mails to defraud except the last which charged a conspiracy to commit the crimes set forth in the first eight counts.1 He contends (1) that he was tried simultaneously on two separate and distinct schemes to defraud, (2) that the trial court imputed causation to the defendant in the use of the mails by other persons, (3) that irrelevant and prejudicial matter was admitted in evidence, and (4) that the motion for a new trial should not have been denied.
The scheme…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Davis v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1926
- Samuels v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1916
- Casey v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1927
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3Cited by21 opinions
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- E. C. Lloyd v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
- Robert Henry Landsdown v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
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