Legal Opinion

United States v. William Hermann Godel

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided May 20, 1966No. 10140PublishedCited by 54 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BUTLER, District Judge:

In this appeal William Hermann Godel challenges his conviction for conspiracy and filing a false statement, in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 371 and 18 U.S.C.A. § 1001, respectively. In substance, the government contends that Godel, a government employee assigned to the Pentagon, conspired 1 with his co-defendant (John Archibald Wylie), another Pentagon official, to appoint fiscal agents within the Department of Defense from whom Godel and his codefendant later unlawfully borrowed government funds, which they converted to their own use, and thereafter submitted false…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  2. Schaffer v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  3. Simon v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1941
  4. Phelps v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1947
  5. United States v. Lee Vainderbilt PruittCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1965

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3Cited by54 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. FreemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1967
  2. United States v. Carlos Manuel Parodi, United States of America v. Edwin Barton Conway, United States of America v. Robert Lee LawsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1983
  3. United States v. Joseph A. Chase, United States of America v. Robert H. Parrish, United States of America v. Wyatt J. Roy, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967
  4. United States v. LaughmanCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1980
  5. United States v. Louis Martin Radetsky, A/K/A L. M. RadetskyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1976

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