Legal Opinion
United States v. Lekacos
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 13, 1945No. 2-302PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
L. HAND, Circuit Judge.
Lekacos, Kotteakos and Regenbogen appeal from a judgment of conviction for a conspiracy to make fraudulent applications for loans under the National Housing Act, contrary to §§ 1702, 1703, 1715 and 1731 of Title 12, U.S.C.A. They raise only two points: (1) A material variance between the indictment and the evidence, in that the indictment was for a single conspiracy, and the evidence proved eight or ten separate and independent conspiracies; (2) an error in the judge’s charge when he instructed the jury that they could convict only in case they found that there had been…
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3Cited by26 opinions
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