Legal Opinion
United States v. Cohen
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided October 27, 1967No. Crim. 26402, 27102, 27135, 27323, 27435, 27439, 27509, 27533, 27561, 27565, 27568, 27584, 27594, 27601, 27622PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRANK A. KAUFMAN, District Judge.
In these criminal cases, the defendants have filed motions to dismiss, alleging that the indictments were returned by grand juries constituted in violation of 28 U.S.C. § 1861 1 and of the Fifth and Sixth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States. In most of these cases, counsel contend, in almost identical language, that the indictment was returned by a grand jury which “was selected improperly pursuant to the so-called ‘key man’ system, and in accordance with standards not authorized by law.” Counsel cite 28 U.S.C. § 1861, Rabinowitz v. United…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Brown v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- McNabb v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Dennis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
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3Cited by21 opinions
- United States v. Lavance Greene, United States of America v. Randolph GreeneCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1974
- United States v. GuzmanDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1972
- United States v. John Joseph Ditommaso, United States of America v. Charles Forest WaugamanCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1969
- United States v. ValentineDistrict Court, D. Puerto Rico · 1968
- United States v. ArmsburyDistrict Court, D. Oregon · 1976
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