Legal Opinion
United States v. Butera
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 21, 1970No. 7387PublishedCited by 143 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Circuit Judge.
Benjamin J. Butera was indicted for attempted income tax evasion by the federal grand jury for the Southern Division of Maine in March 1968. On April 8, he filed with the district court a motion to dismiss the indictment on the ground that it had been returned by a grand jury drawn from an improperly constituted jury pool. A hearing was had and evidence heard, and defendant’s motion was denied. Sub. nom. United States v. Bryant, 291 F.Supp. 542 (D. Me.1968).1 Defendant was subsequently found guilty of the offense charged. He brings this appeal to contest the denial of…
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3Cited by143 opinions
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