Legal Opinion

United States v. Demetrius Cyrus Georgalis, A/K/A Cy Georges

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided December 3, 1980No. 79-5183PublishedCited by 75 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:

Appellant, Demetrius Cyrus Georgalis, a/k/a Cy Georges, appeals a seven count jury conviction for mail fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1341. 1 Georgalis contends that he was victimized by impermissible prosecutorial questioning, that the elements of mail fraud were not proved, that the trial judge erroneously admitted into evidence certain letters and copies of letters, that there was a fatal variance between the charges set forth in the grand jury indictment and the proof offered at trial, and that insufficient evidence was presented to the grand jury upon which to base its…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  3. Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  4. Berger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
  5. Costello v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1956

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3Cited by75 opinions

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  5. Pueblo v. Echevarría RodríguezSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1991

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