Legal Opinion
United States v. Thevis
District Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided June 18, 1979No. Crim. C78-180APublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
HAROLD L. MURPHY, District Judge.
I
This motion arises from submission of Defendant Michael G. Thevis’s motion for Bill of Particulars pursuant to Rule 7(f), Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, in which the defendant seeks 336 different particulars. 1 All defendants have adopted this motion.
The motion for Bill of Particulars is addressed to the sound discretion of the trial court, Wong Tai v. United States, 273 U.S. 77, 47 S.Ct. 300, 71 L.Ed. 545 (1927) and that discretion will not be reversed unless the court concludes that the “defendant was actually surprised at the trial and thus that…
2Cases cited44 opinions
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Spencer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Wong Tai v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Schaffer v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
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3Cited by12 opinions
- United States v. Michael G. Thevis, Alton Bart Hood, Global Industries, Inc., Anna Jeanette EvansCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- United States v. Jack Walder Wright A/K/A Robert Morgan, John C. Heredia, and Joseph Wayne HawsCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1987
- United States v. Robert G. AltomareCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1980
- United States v. Stephen T. GornyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
- United States v. LavinDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1981
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