Legal Opinion
United States v. Alfred Smith
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 24, 2004No. 03-4650PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published PER CURIAM opinion. Judge MICHAEL wrote a dissenting opinion.
OPINION
2Per curiam
Appellant, Alfred Smith, appeals his conviction for embezzling, stealing, *563purloining and converting to his own use funds belonging to the Social Security Administration (“SSA”) in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 641. Smith asserts that the indictment against him was unconstitutionally duplicitous, i.e., that it joined two or more distinct and separate offenses in one single count. United States v. Burns, 990 F.2d 1426, 1438 (4th Cir.1993). When an indictment impermissibly joins separate offenses that occurred…
3Cases cited14 opinions
- Morissette v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Toussie v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Moore v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- United States v. Donald Berry Burns, United States of America v. Joseph L. LaforneyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1993
- United States v. Samuel Loring Morison, the Washington Post Cbs, Inc., Amici CuriaeCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1988
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4Cited by34 opinions
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