Legal Opinion
Gottfried William Kreuter v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 24, 1955No. 15000PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALLRED, District Judge.
Appeal from conviction for mail fraud, 18 U.S.C.A. § 1341. Trial was before the Court, the sentence being five years on each count, concurrent. We approve generally the able trial judge’s opinion, 119 F.Supp. 227. On this appeal, appellant’s attorney attacks each conclusion of law by the trial court; and appellant personally has filed a handwritten brief. We will state these contentions as we discuss them.
The indictment, we believe, described the offense sufficiently to put appellant on notice and enable him to plead former jeopardy, which is the uniform test. While it…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Shushan v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1941
- Henderson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1953
- United States v. SylvanusCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1951
- Sutton v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1946
- Silverman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1954
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3Cited by41 opinions
- United States v. James C. GordonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
- Howard A. Blachly and Robert L. McMillen v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- Comm. Fut. L. Rep. P 26,490 United States of America v. William R. Kennedy, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1995
- United States v. McMillanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2010
- Marshall T. Gregory v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958
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