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· 2/28/1977

United States v. Joan Belle Ritz, Linda Ann Ritz, Robert M. Ritz, Jr. And John Paul Ritz

Citations

  • 548 F.2d 510
  • 1977 U.S. App. LEXIS 14537

How courts have described this case

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

  • reversal required where witness who was husband of one codefendant and father of two others was compelled to invoke Fifth Amendment privilege in front of jury
  • “The fact of the close association of the [defendants is] . . . one circumstance from which the jury might infer knowledge” of a conspiracy.
  • “The fact of the close association of the several parties and their association with Robert, Sr. the father who was the source of four of the bills is one circumstance from which the jury might infer knowledge.”
  • \The fact of the close association of the several parties and their association with . . . the father who was the source of four of the [counterfeit] bills is[] one circumstance from which the jury might infer knowledge.\

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Judges: Tuttle, Clark, Roney

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