Legal Opinion
United States v. Regis Gary Tornabene, United States of America v. Jacob Joseph Caplan
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 7, 1955No. 11402, 11476PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STALEY, Circuit Judge.
Regis Gary Tornabene and Jacob Joseph Caplan have appealed judgments of conviction entered against them after separate trials in the Federal District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. The appeals are treated in one opinion since an identical question of law governs our decision in both cases.
Both appellants moved to quash their respective indictments for failure to state an offense. Each appellant contends that the refusal to quash the indictment was error.
Caplan’s indictment contained six counts. He was convicted on the first five counts and acquitted on…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Hagner v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Coffin v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- United States v. DebrowSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- United States v. WeitzelSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
- United States v. KlassCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1948
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Bernardino Chirez Hernandez v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1962
- State v. JendruschHawaii Supreme Court · 1977
- United States v. Don C. Davis, United States of America v. Daniel M. BurkeCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1992
- United States v. Richard H. Gens, United States of America v. Anthony W. Carleton, United States of America v. Richard T. PorterCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1974
- United States v. Alfred ManuszakCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1956
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