KOTTEAKOS v. UNITED STATES

No. 457.

328 U.S. 750 (1946)

KOTTEAKOS ET AL. v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 10, 1946.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry G. Singer argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the brief was James I. Cuff.

W. Marvin Smith argued the cause for the United States. With him on the brief was Solicitor General McGrath, Robert S. Erdahl and Beatrice Rosenberg.


MR. JUSTICE RUTLEDGE delivered the opinion of the Court.

The only question is whether petitioners have suffered substantial prejudice from being convicted of a single general conspiracy by evidence which the Government admits proved not one conspiracy but some eight or more different ones of the same sort executed through a common key figure, Simon Brown. Petitioners were convicted under the general conspiracy section of...

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