Legal Opinion
Mark Coppedge, Jr. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided November 15, 1962No. 17065_1PublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BURGER, Circuit Judge.
Appellant was first convicted in December 1958 1 on the first ten counts of an indictment; these counts being one for housebreaking, one for larceny and eight counts of forging, uttering and interstate transportation of eight stolen money orders. On appeal this court granted a new trial because of newspaper articles of two local Washington newspapers 2 relating to the trial.
Before the second trial the defense moved to dismiss the indictment on the ground it was procured by fraud through perjured testimony of Clarence Thompkins. The supporting papers consisted of a paper…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Coppedge v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Costello v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Mattox v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Lawn v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- West v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
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3Cited by85 opinions
- United States v. Mario Adamo, Richard Marsico, Terry Freeman, Raymond Ripley, Jeffrey Linkous, Ectore Garcia, and Winthrop HongCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1984
- United States v. Ralph F. DeleoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1970
- United States v. Herman ChanenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
- United States v. Mack S. TaneCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1964
- Laumer v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
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