Legal Opinion
United States v. Thomas J. Purvis
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 25, 1978No. 77-2849PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RONEY, Circuit Judge:
The defendants were indicted for a conspiracy to deprive the inmates of the Mobile County jail of their rights and privileges as citizens of the United States, which resulted in the shooting death of an inmate during an escape attempt. 18 U.S.C.A. § 241. The district court dismissed the indictment for its failure to allege intent in specific words. The United States appeals. We reverse. The allegations in the indictment were not fatally deficient for lack of some special formula of words to specify intent, and they fairly inform defendants of the charge against them.
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2Cases cited16 opinions
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