UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, PLAINTIFF AND APPELLEE,
v.
HARRIET CETEZNIK KNIGHT, APPELLANT
AI-generated. These summaries, headnotes, and key points are machine-generated and may contain errors or omissions. Always verify against the full opinion text below. Not legal advice.
The court held that the trial court properly admitted evidence and that the evidence was sufficient to support the conviction.
The defendant was convicted of fraudulent securities, use of the mails, and conspiracy. She appealed the rejection of a co-defendant's letter and the …
The full statement of facts, procedural history, and disposition for this case are member content.
Join FLexlaw to unlock all legal intelligence© FLexlaw, Inc. — AI-generated enrichments are proprietary. All rights reserved.
Explore caselaw by topic → Browse Use Of The Mails cases and more on FLexlaw
CHAMBERS, Circuit Judge:
Mrs. Knight was convicted on two counts dealing with fraudulent securities, the use of the mails and conspiracy in connection therewith. The court obviously considered her not the leader of the enterprise and gave her a suspended sentence. She appeals.
She attacks the rejection for evidence of a letter written after the events of the crime in which one Joy, a co-defendant, purported to exonerate her. The rejection of Joy’s appraisal was quite proper. Objection also is made to the seizure of certain corporate records by federal authorities. The point made might be quite serious, except the trial judge quite properly found the records had been abandoned by the corporate officers. We find no authority that one has a standing to protest the seizure of abandoned property.
Mrs. Knight also says the proof of use of the mails was too thin. We think not. There was pretty good circumstantial evidence of the use and of the fact that she was connected with the use. We think the standards of Bolen v. United States, 9 Cir., 303 F. 2d 870, and Freeman v. United States, 3 Cir., 20 F. 2d 748, were met.
Judgment affirmed.
Cases With Similar Vibessemantic neighbors from the corpus
Citator
Cited By
-
United States v. Cella, 568 F.2d 1266 (9th Cir. 1977)
-
JOY v. United States, 416 F.2d 962 (9th Cir. 1969)
Authorities Cited
- Freeman v. United States, 20 F.2d 748 (3d Cir. 1927)
- Bolen v. United States, 303 F.2d 870 (9th Cir. 1962)