Legal Opinion
United States v. Boyer
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 9, 1945No. 8888PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDGERTON, Associate Justice.
Appellee was convicted in the Municipal Court of obtaining money by false pretenses. There was ample evidence that he cashed a check which he knew to be worthless. He was cross-examined about previous convictions on other bad check charges, and was allowed to say in explanation that those charges were all due to a mistake of his secretary. But the court did not allow him to explain the circumstances of a previous conviction of embezzlement. For this reason the Municipal Court of Appc reversed his present conviction and ordered a new trial. The government appeals…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Lamoureux v. New York, New Haven, & Hartford RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1897
- Southern Paper Co. v. RobertsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Donnelly v. DonnellyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1928
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3Cited by43 opinions
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- Jenkins v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1977
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