PHELPS

v.

CHRISTISON, TRUSTEE IN BANKRUPTCY, ET AL.

Citator

Cited By (68 total)

• United States v. Evans, 572 F.2d 455 (5th Cir. 1978)
  …18 U.S.C.A. § 203, and the unlawful gratuity statute, 18 U.S.C.A. § 201, must be broadly construed in order to accomplish the legislative purpose which they manifest.29 See United States v. Anderson, 509 F. 2d 312, 333 (D.C.Cir.1974), cert. denied, 420 U.S. 991, 95 S.Ct. 1427, 43 L.Ed.2d 672 (1975); Parks v. United States, 355 F. 2d 167, 168 (5th Cir. 1965). The purpose of these statutes is to reach any situation in which the judgment of a government agent might be clouded because of payments or gifts mad…
• United States v. Natale, 526 F.2d 1160 (2d Cir. 1975)
  …t. The reason is that the appellants have raised this [*1173] claim that the notebook should be suppressed for Fourth Amendment violations for the first time at this appeal. United States v. Mauro, 507 F. 2d 802, 805-07 (2d Cir. 1974), cert. denied, 420 U.S. 991, 95 S.Ct. 1426, 43 L.Ed.2d 672 (1975) (failure to raise suppression claim prior to trial makes motion to suppress at trial untimely under Fed.R.Crim.P. 12(b) and 41(f)). The appellants did validly raise at trial, and have therefore preserved for th…
• United States v. Thomas, 757 F.2d 1359 (2d Cir. 1985)
  …raise defenses, objections, or requests that must be made before trial constitutes their waiver. Relief from waiver may be granted in the sound discretion of the trial judge. See United States v. Mauro, 507 F. 2d 802, 805-07 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 420 U.S. 991, 95 S.Ct. 1426, 43 L.Ed.2d 672 (1975). Judge Pollack’s refusal to grant Thomas relief from his waiver was not an abuse of discretion. Thomas knew that the search was warrantless and had arguably gone beyond that allowed incident to arrest (not all i…