Legal Opinion
State v. Civella
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided February 4, 1963No. 23672-23674PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Per curiam
Before us are the consolidated appeals of Nick Civella, Louis Cangelose, and Tom Joseph Cacioppo, each of whom upon his plea of guilty to the misdemeanor charge of unlawfully possessing “certain gambling equipment, to wit: dice or crap table and dice” contrary to Section 563.374 RSMo 1959, V.A.M.S., was by the Circuit Court of Jackson County fined $500.00 and sentenced to six months in the county j ail.
Appellants have challenged the jurisdiction and power of the circuit court to impose the mentioned fines and imprisonment for the reason that the face of the informations disclosed that the…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Pendergast v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Adams v. WoodsSupreme Court of the United States · 1805
- Elmer J. Benes v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1960
- State v. ChevlinSupreme Court of Missouri · 1955
- Abraham Chaifetz v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1960
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- State v. PohlhammerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1977
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