· 3/28/1989
Midland Asphalt Corp. v. United States
Citations
- 489 U.S. 794
- 109 S. Ct. 1494
- 103 L. Ed. 2d 879
- 1989 U.S. LEXIS 1666
- 57 U.S.L.W. 4386
How courts have described this case
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- holding that, except in limited circumstances, appellate review of criminal cases is prohibited \until after conviction and imposition of sentence\
- holding that motion to dismiss grand jury indictment for alleged violation of rule prohibiting public disclosure of matters occurring before grand jury was not appealable before trial
- stating that a criminal conviction does not become an appealable final judgment until “after conviction and imposition of sentence”
- explaining that in criminal cases, there is usually no final appealable order “until after conviction and imposition of sentence”
- stating that, in criminal cases, 28 U.S.C. § 1291 limits the jurisdiction of courts of appeals to final decisions of the district court “after conviction and imposition of sentence”
- tracing the lineage of § 1291 as it relates to Supreme Court jurisdiction to the Judiciary Act of 1789, 1 Stat. 73
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