Legal Opinion
Smith v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 28, 1949No. 12006PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BONE, Circuit Judge.
Appellant Smith, alias Corie, was convicted by a jury of robbing a Los Angeles branch of the Bank of America on December 4, 1947, by the use of a dangerous weapon. The bank was a member of the Federal Reserve System. Appellant Mon-tez was convicted by the same jury of aiding and abetting him. Both men were charged with a violation of 12 U.S.C.A. § 588b [now 18 U.S.C.A. § 2113], subsections (a) and (b). Subsection (a) pertains to the robbery of a Federal Reserve Bank by force and violence and the pertinent portion provides a maximum penalty of a fine of 1,000 or twenty…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Berger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Michelson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- United States v. AtkinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Bollenbach v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
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3Cited by42 opinions
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- United States v. MasusockUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1951
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- United States v. Robert James AndrinoCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1974
- D. H. Roe and Stratoray Oil, Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
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