In re Feindt

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• finding harmless error where “[t]he instructions placed a heavier burden on the government than was proper” and “the defendants were convicted under [the] heavier standard”
• “[A] conspiracy indictment’s specification of overt acts cannot be used to supply the allegation of a critical element completely missing from the charging language.”
• hearsay evidence is admissible if it bears on the state of mind of the declarant and if that state of mind is an issue in the case
• although jury instructions cannot save a fatally defective indictment, they alleviate prejudice
• presenting defendant with evidence against him not interrogation

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).