Legal Opinion
United States v. Seagraves
District Court, D. Guam
Decided October 9, 1951No. Cr. 7-51PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHRIVER, Judge.
This case presents the following questions :
1. Does this court have jurisdiction to proceed without indictment and trial by jury?
2. Was it proper to permit the information to be amended?
3. Does the evidence introduced by the government show entrapment ?
4. Does the evidence show a violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 201 under the wording of the amended information?
I. Indictment and Jury Trial.
The court, over the objections of the defendant and pursuant to its order' entered July 17, 1951 allowed the government to proceed to trial on the basis of an information without trial by jury. The…
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