Legal Opinion
United States v. Frank Douglas Ward and Johnnie Lee Slingerland
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 17, 1976No. 76-1598PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Per curiam
Frank Ward and Johnnie Slingerland appeal from the district court’s 1 2 denial of their motion for a new trial based on newly discovered evidence. For the reasons stated below, we conclude that the trial court’s denial of the motion did not constitute an abuse of discretion and accordingly affirm.
Appellants and two co-defendants, Paul Jarnigan and Joseph Micciche, were convicted after a jury trial of conspiring to knowingly and fraudulently transfer and conceal assets in contemplation of a bankruptcy proceeding with intent to defeat the bankruptcy law, 18 U.S.C. § 371. The facts underlying…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- United States v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Ewing v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1942
- United States v. Curtis Charles Overshon and John OvershonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1974
- Ewing v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Johnson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1929
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3Cited by49 opinions
- United States v. Richard Brewer, Johnny Ray McPhail Billy Burns and Red M. Cain, DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1980
- United States v. Robert M. SensiCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1989
- United States v. Nick Dipaolo and Edward WeatherCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1987
- United States v. Abou-SaadaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1986
- United States v. Terrance Kenneth ProvostCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1992
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