Legal Opinion

Johnson v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided December 23, 1941No. 9994PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.

Indicted and convicted with others on a one count indictment charging conspiracy to violate several of the Internal Revenue Laws of the United States, appellants are here seeking a reversal. No errors are assigned on the charge, and except for the claim of former jeopardy advanced by Johnson, the claimed errors are common to both defendants. These are: (1) that the indictment was subject to a general demurrer ; (2) that the court by ordering certain language stricken from the indictment, mutilated and destroyed it; (3) that certain evidence was erroneously admitted…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Ex Parte BainSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
  2. Burton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
  3. Durland v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
  4. Short v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1937
  5. Powe v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1926

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Johnson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1953
  2. United States v. New York Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1943
  3. Edgerton v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1944
  4. Charles C. Harris v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
  5. Hunnicutt v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1945

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