UNITED STATES v. LONDON

No. 75-3597.

550 F.2d 206 (1977)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Carl J. LONDON et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 6, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Stokes, Jr., U.S. Atty., William P. Gaffney, Asst. U.S. Atty., Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiff-appellant.

Robert B. Thompson, Gainesville, Ga., for C. London and Town & Country.

Charles W. Stephens, Gainesville, Ga., for M. London.

Before TUTTLE, GOLDBERG and RONEY, Circuit Judges.


GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:

This case presents the question whether an indictment charging defendants with concealing or covering up by trick, scheme, or device a material fact in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1001 is insufficient solely because it fails to specify the precise trick, scheme or device allegedly used.1

The district court dismissed fourteen counts of an indictment that charged the appellees, Carl and Maylon London, with...

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