Legal Opinion
United States v. James Milton Cotten and William Lowell Roberts
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 16, 1973No. 72-1242PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BATTIN, District Judge:
The appellants, James Milton Cotten, and William Lowell Roberts, appeal their convictions in the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii for violations of 18 U.S.C. § 371, conspiracy, and 18 U.S.C. § 641, theft of Government property. The criminality of the conduct which resulted in the convictions is not in doubt. The only questions raised on appeal concern the jurisdiction of the district court.
The expansive nature of the case required that it be submitted to the court upon an agreed statement of facts. 1 Those facts are important to the questions…
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