Legal Opinion

United States v. Raymond L. Goodman

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided February 16, 1961No. 18284_1PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RIVES, Circuit Judge.

The district court sustained the defendant’s motion to dismiss an eight-count indictment and the United States •appeals. 1

The first five counts charge violations of the mail fraud statute, 18 U.S.C.A. § 1341. Counts 6 and 7 charge violations ■of the criminal bankruptcy statute, 18 U.S.C.A. § 152, and Count 8 charges a violation of the conspiracy statute, 18 U.S.C.A. § 371.

The defendant first attacks the Indictment as a whole for misjoinder of offenses. We think that there was no such misjoinder under Rule 8(a), Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. 2 We need not elaborate,…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Hagner v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  2. United States v. DebrowSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
  3. Finnegan v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1953
  4. Wolpa v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1936
  5. United States v. Robert L. StraussCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960

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3Cited by27 opinions

  1. United States v. Larry Starks, in No. 74-1966 Appeal of Alonzo Robinson, in No. 74-1947. Appeal of Donald Everett Abney, in No. 74-1967Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1975
  2. Benjamin Dranow v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1962
  3. United States v. Enrique M. SalinasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
  4. Loren R. Gajewski and Mervin A. Gajewski v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1963
  5. Renee Bins v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1964

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