Legal Opinion

United States v. Leo Strassman

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided March 12, 1957No. 24304_1PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEDINA, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, the Master at Arms on board the “S.S. Independence” was found guilty of “assault with a dangerous weapon, with intent to do bodily harm, and without just cause or excuse,” in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 113(c). Appellant received a suspended sentence of nine months imprisonment, and was put on probation for one year. His appeal is based principally upon the fact that the ship’s log through inadvertence found its way to the jury room with the exhibits although certain portions of the log had been held not to be admissible, and the document was marked Exhibit #6…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Palmer v. HoffmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  2. Finnegan v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1953
  3. Affronti v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1944
  4. Korte v. New York, N. H. & H. R. CoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1951
  5. Rumely v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1923

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Hinkle v. City of ClarksburgCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1996
  2. United States v. Elliott Kahaner, Antonio Corallo and James Vincent KeoghCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
  3. United States v. Charles E. Sellers, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
  4. Alfred H. Osborne, Sr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1965
  5. Alfred Dallago v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969

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