Legal Opinion
United States v. Thomas Constant
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 4, 1974No. 73-4015PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge:
Thomas Constant appeals from his conviction for causing the use of the United States mails to further a scheme or artifice to defraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1341. 1 He advances four grounds for reversal. First, he contends that counts one and fourteen of his indictment were defective in that they failed to allege that his scheme “contemplated or caused the use of the United States mails”. Second, he argues that the trial court should have declared a mistrial. The prosecutor attempted to impeach Constant by referring to a prior conviction, but she offered no proof…
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- Hagner v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
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