Legal Opinion
United States v. Mullen
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided June 29, 1925No. 8938PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEATTIE, District Judge.
Reasons for overruling motions to quash, for new trial, and in arrest of judgment.
The motions were based principally upon an alleged misjoinder of offenses, misjoinder of defendants, and duplicity. The other grounds of the motions are dependent upon or connected with those above mentioned. The general rule of law, as laid down by section 1024 of the Revised Statutes (Comp. St. §.1690), is: “When there are several charges against any person for the same act or transaction, or for two or more acts or transactions connected together, or for two or more acts or…
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