SHOLARS

v.

MATTER ET AL.

Citator

Cited By (31 total)

• United States v. Arteaga-Limones, 529 F.2d 1183 (5th Cir. 1976)
  …n. In Miranda, this court specifically noted that the validity of an indictment under Rule 7(c) is determined by practical, not technical, considerations. 494 F. 2d at 788, citing United States v. Miller, 491 F. 2d 638, 649 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 419 U.S. 970, 95 S.Ct. 236, 42 L.Ed.2d 186 (1974). Miranda further held that the sufficiency of the indictment must be tested under the standard enunciated in Hagner v. United States, 285 U.S. 427, 52 S.Ct. 417, 76 L.Ed. 861 (1932). It cited as support for the s…
• United States v. Mann, 517 F.2d 259 (5th Cir. 1975)
  ….2d 240 (1962) and cases cited; United States v. Sanchez, 5 Cir., 1975, 508 F. 2d 388, 395. Whether the indictment sufficiently alleges a crime is an issue of law, not of fact. United States v. Miller, 5 Cir., 1974, 491 F. 2d 638, 647, cert. denied, 419 U.S. 970, 95 S.Ct. 236, 42 L.Ed.2d 186; see Fed.R.Crim.P. 12(b)(1). On review of an order dismissing an indictment, the indictment is to be tested not by the truth of its allegations but “by its sufficiency to charge an offense,” United States v. Sampson,…
• United States v. Oakley G. Smith, 523 F.2d 771 (5th Cir. 1975)
  …impossible for defendant to prepare a defense. This argument is without merit. “[T]he validity of an indictment is determined by practical, not technical considerations”. United States v. Miller, 5 Cir. 1974, 491 F. 2d 638, 649, cert. denied, 1975, 419 U.S. 970, 95 S.Ct. 236, 42 L.Ed.2d 186, citing United States ex rel. Harris v. Illinois, 7 Cir. 1972, 457 F. 2d 191, 197, cert. denied, 1972, 409 U.S. 860, 93 S.Ct. 147, 34 L.Ed.2d 106; United States v. Miranda, 5 Cir. 1974, 494 F. 2d 783; Robbins v. United…