Legal Opinion

United States v. Charles I. Pechenik, President, Colonial Products Company

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided September 18, 1956No. 11720_1PublishedCited by 37 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KALODNER, Circuit Judge.

The defendant was found guilty and sentenced for violation of Section 145 (b) 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939. He prosecutes this appeal upon the grounds that the evidence is insufficient to support the jury’s verdict, that the District Court was without jurisdiction, that the trial judge erred in certain rulings on the admission of evidence and in certain instructions to the jury. Each of these issues was appropriately raised by the defendant in the District Court, and each was ruled upon by the trial judge.

We are of the opinion that the evidence does not…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Holland v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
  2. Spies v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  3. United States v. MurdockSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
  4. United States v. RagenSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  5. Moore v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1951

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3Cited by37 opinions

  1. Nathan Mann v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
  2. United States v. Dorothy R. GarberCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
  3. R. C. Windisch v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
  4. People v. SmithCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1984
  5. Willie Ray Turner v. William Armontrout, and Attorney General of the State of MissouriCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1988

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