Legal Opinion
Claude E. Spriggs v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 23, 1955No. 14409_1PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES ALGER FEE, Circuit Judge.
Defendant was indicted February 26, 1953, on a charge of attempting to defeat and evade his income tax 1 for the year 1947, and was convicted by a jury on April 5, 1954. Judgment and sentence followed, from which this appeal was taken.
The history of a previous conviction on a substantially similar charge must be reviewed for an understanding of the points raised herein. An indictment returned against Spriggs on April 3, 1951, contained three counts. He was acquitted on the first two counts, which relate to other years, and we concern ourselves only with Count…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- United States v. BallSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Louisiana Ex Rel. Francis v. ResweberSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Bryan v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Forstner Chain Corp. v. Marvel Jewelry Mfg. Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1949
- Rosenberg v. HeffronCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1942
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3Cited by34 opinions
- Pollard v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
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- Frank Kennedy v. Curtis Reid, Superintendent, District of Columbia JailCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1957
- Harry Joseph Payne v. Paul J. Madigan, Warden, United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz, CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1960
- H. A. Lott, Lee Blocker and Lorn D. Frazier v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
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