Legal Opinion
Everett Churchill Nelson v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided February 12, 1969No. 52-68PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HILL, Circuit Judge.
Appellant Nelson was tried to a jury and convicted of conspiring to transport altered securities in interstate commerce in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371. The principal issue raised on this direct appeal is whether a conspiracy indictment is rendered fatally defective as a result of the failure to allege an essential element of the substantive offense upon which the conspiracy charge is based.
The indictment charged that the appellant and another named defendant, together with certain coconspirators, “wilfully and knowingly did combine, conspire, confederate and agree…
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