Legal Opinion
Echert v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 19, 1951No. 14155PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS, Circuit Judge.
The appellants were jointly indicted, tried, convicted and sentenced for violation of the White Slave Traffic Act, 18 U.S.C.A. § 2421, and they appeal. Separate motions for new trials were filed by each appellant and denied by the court.
The appellants complain here that the court erred (1) in calling and impaneling a jury in their absence; (2) in the admission and rejection of evidence; and (3) in denying motions for judgments of acquittal of the Echerts made at the close of the Government’s evidence.
The indictment charged, and the evidence tended to prove, that…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
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- Adams v. United States Ex Rel. McCannSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Krulewitch v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Patton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
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3Cited by39 opinions
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- Max Greenberg v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1960
- Herman Roberson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958
- August Tom Rizzo v. United States of America, Ruby Nafie v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1962
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