Legal Opinion
Chevillard v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 12, 1946No. 11018PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MATHEWS, Circuit Judge.
Appellants (Fernand Chevillard and George Patron) and others 1 were indicted in three counts. Appellants demurred to the indictment and to each count thereof on the ground that no' count thereof charged an offense. The demurrer was overruled. Appellants pleaded not guilty and were tried. At the close of all the evidence, they moved for a directed verdict of acquittal. The motion was denied. Appellants were acquitted on count 1, were convicted and sentenced on counts 2 and 3, and on March 19, 1945, took this appeal.
Appellants assign as error 2 the overruling of the…
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