FORD
v.
UNITED STATES

U.S. | 1957-11-12
No. 82
355 U.S. 38 Supreme Court of the United States (1957) Negative Treatment
Cited by 14 cases

Per_curiam
Per Curiam.

Per Curiam.

Upon the suggestion of mootness the judgment of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit is vacated and the case is remanded to the United States District Court with directions to vacate the judgment of conviction and to dismiss the indictment.


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  • United States v. Beckerman, 516 F.2d 905 (2d Cir. 1975)
    …he characteristics defined in Cohen; yet the Government maintains the appeal is premature. Its argument relies heavily on United States v. Kaufman, 311 F. 2d 695 (2d Cir. 1963), and United States v. Ford, 237 U.S. 57 (2d Cir. 1956), vacated as moot, 355 U.S. 38, 78 S.Ct. 114, 2 L.Ed.2d 71 (1957). In Kaufman the question was presented in the context of the sufficiency of the evidence, rather than double jeopardy. The defendants were convicted on two substantive narcotic counts; the jury was unable to reach…
  • United States v. Celedonia Morales, 577 F.2d 769 (2d Cir. 1978)
    …e use of a false name or of the fabrication of a false report is itself some affirmative evidence of guilt (although not alone sufficient to support a conviction), see United States v. Ford, 237 F. 2d 57, at 63 n. 10 (2d Cir. 1956), vacated as moot, 355 U.S. 38, 78 S.Ct. 114, 2 L.Ed.2d 71 (1957). To the extent that it is some affirmative evidence of guilt, it has independent probative force. The weight to be given to such actions depends on the motives which prompted them. In this regard, it is important…
  • Fowler v. United States, 352 F.2d 100 (8th Cir. 1965)
    …overnment conducted such a thorough investigation. Appellants failed to come up with any affirmative off-setting evidence. This was ultimately a question for the jury. United States v. Ford, 2 Cir., 1956, 237 F. 2d 57, 63, reversed on other grounds, 355 U.S. 38, 78 S.Ct. 114, 2 L.Ed.2d 71. 8. Finally, appellants argue that there is error in the net worth analysis in that it fails to take into account, so as to reduce the net worth bulge, the so-called check float — i. e., checks that were written in one y…

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