Legal Opinion

United States v. John McGrath

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided July 19, 1977No. 1282, Docket 77-1064PublishedCited by 59 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MESKILL, Circuit Judge:

After a trial in the Eastern District of New York, before Judge Bramwell and a jury, appellant was convicted of three violations of the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951, five counts of tax evasion, 26 U.S.C. § 7201, and five counts of filing false tax returns, 26 U.S.C. § 7206. He received concurrent sentences of a year and a day on the three Hobbs Act convictions. Judge Bramwell also imposed a fine of $5,000, and assessed McGrath the costs of the prosecution, $8,662.75. On this appeal, McGrath challenges the sufficiency of the indictment, the joinder of offenses and a…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Stirone v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  2. Ex Parte BainSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
  3. Cox v. Chesapeake & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  4. United States v. Theodore J. Isaacs and Otto Kerner, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1974
  5. Williams v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1951

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3Cited by59 opinions

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  3. United States v. George OchsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1979
  4. United States v. Louis WernerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
  5. United States v. KopitukCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982

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