Legal Opinion
United States v. John Webb
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 11, 1972No. 72-1134PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
INGRAHAM, Circuit Judge:
Appellant was tried and convicted by a juiy of five violations of 18 U.S.C. §§ 892 and 894 1 [extortionate credit matters]. A general sentence of eight years was imposed to run on all five counts, Appellant Webb appeals attacking the statute under which he stands convicted and the trial which convicted him.
Appellant’s attack upon the statute is insubstantial. Relying on reasoning, paralleling the Supreme Court’s decision in United States v. Bass, 404 U.S. 336, 92 S.Ct. 515, 30 L.Ed.2d 488 (1971), he asserts that Congress could not permissibly make criminal the purely…
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- Perez v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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