Legal Opinion
United States v. Gerhart
District Court, S.D. West Virginia
Decided October 1, 1967No. Cr. A. 513 (Beckley), 522 (Beckley)PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MICHIE, District Judge.
Convicted by a jury on three counts of violating 18 U.S.C. §§ 1952 and 2, 1 William A1 Gerhart moves this court in arrest of judgment and for a new trial. None of the multitudinous grounds urged in support of each of these motions, I conclude, is sufficient to warrant overturning the conviction.
It can be seen from the wording of the statute set forth above that the Government was burdened with showing that the defendant made use of a facility in interstate commerce with the intent to carry on an enterprise illegal under the laws of the state where it was located.
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2Cases cited62 opinions
- Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- United States v. VentrescaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Boyd v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Warden, Maryland Penitentiary v. HaydenSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by16 opinions
- United States v. Jack L. ChestnutCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
- In Re AddonizioSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1968
- Richard Thomas Pigford v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1975
- State v. BlackwellSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1974
- State v. TakacsCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1991
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