Legal Opinion

Swanne Soon Young Pang v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided January 26, 1954No. 13728_1PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DENMAN, Chief Judge.

Pang appeals from a judgment and sentence by the district court after trial by jury resulted in a verdict of guilty on one of two counts charged.

The questions presented by the appeal are: (1) whether it was error for the trial judge to instruct the jury on aiding and abetting (accessory before the fact) where the indictment charges the defendant only with being a principal and (2) whether there is sufficient evidence to support the verdict of the jury.

Appellant Pang and two co-defendants, Weiler and Davis, were indicted on charges of violating the Mann Act, 18 U.S.C. §…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  2. Nye & Nissen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  3. Love v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1935

3Cited by17 opinions

  1. United States v. Paul v. OatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
  2. United States v. Jeffrey Gaskins, AKA Jeffery GaskinCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
  3. United States v. Charles Thomas Bryan and James Eston Echols. Appeal of Charles Thomas BryanCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1973
  4. James Gilbert Glass v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1964
  5. James Norman Yeloushan v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965

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