Legal Opinion

United States v. Heitler

District Court, N.D. Illinois

Decided May 6, 1921No. 7465PublishedCited by 28 opinions

Michael Heitler and others were convicted of conspiracy to commit an offense, and they move for a new trial.

1Opinion of the Court

Motion for a New Trial.

EVAN A. EVANS, Acting .District Judge.

Several grounds are presented as the basis for a new trial. Earnestly argued and supported by a brief evidencing study and thought, the disposition of the motion calls for an expression of the court’s reasons for overruling it.

Variance Between Pleading and Proof.

The indictment charges the defendants therein named with having conspired “with divers other persons to said grand jurors unknown,” etc. Certain offered, but rejected, evidence would, it is claimed, have shown that the names of such persons were known to the grand jurors.…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Caminetti v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
  2. Cochran & Sayre v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
  3. Kelly v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1919
  4. Naftzger v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1912
  5. Freed v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1920

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. Allen v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1924
  2. United States v. CotterCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1932
  3. United States v. GlasserCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1940
  4. Marron v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1925
  5. United States v. De VastoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1931

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