Legal Opinion
Herman Roberson v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 12, 1956No. 16006_1PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIVES, Circuit Judge.
For violation of the Dyer Act, 1 appel-lant was convicted on four counts, three of them for receiving 2 a stolen motor vehicle which was moving as interstate commerce, knowing the same to have been stolen, and the last count for so selling such a stolen motor vehicle. The defendant’s motion to dismiss, based principally upon the contention that the description of the automobile was too indefinite, was denied.
The Sixth Amendment requires that, “In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right * * * to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; *…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Michelson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- McNally v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Rosen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Dunbar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Bartell v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
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3Cited by18 opinions
- United States v. John Cardillo, Lawrence Harris, Ralph Kaminsky, John Knapp, Louis Margolis, and Louis PiselliCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
- John P. Tillman, Robert Barber Moore, Johnny C. Wilson, Larry Fox, Donald P. Stone and Michael W. Simmons v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- United States v. Oscar E. HydeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- United States v. Milton SilvermanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1970
- Herman Roberson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958
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