Legal Opinion
United States v. Merrick
District Court, W.D. Missouri
Decided August 31, 1962No. Crim. No. 2415PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BECKER, District Judge.
On May 4, 1962, a nine-count indictment involving counterfeiting activities was filed against the named defendants. Count IX charged that the defendants conspired to violate Title 18 U.S.C.A. § 371, and in furtherance thereof committed twelve described overt acts in the Southwestern Division of the Western District of Missouri.
Defendant Layton T. Merrick has moved to quash count IX for the reason that “it fails to state all material facts and circumstances embraced in the definition of the offense.”
Under the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, motions to quash are no…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Hyde v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Pettibone v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Brown v. ElliottSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Bartell v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Norris v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1946
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3Cited by4 opinions
- United States v. Frank Gorham, Jr., United States of America v. Otis D. Wilkerson, A/K/A Robert N. Jones, A/K/A James BurgessCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1975
- United States v. Nicholas CrowderCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1965
- United States v. Frank Gorham, Jr., United States of America v. Otis D. Wilkerson, A/K/A Robert N. Jones, A/K/A James BurgessCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1975
- United States v. Nicholas CrowderCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1965