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· 6/11/1965

Clarence Eric Powell v. United States

Citations

  • 347 F.2d 156
  • 1965 U.S. App. LEXIS 5276

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that where question has two possible meanings, supplemental instruction which is responsive to one meaning but misleading as to the other is error
  • holding that where question has two possible meanings, supplemental instruction which is responsive to one meaning but misleading as to the other is error
  • reversing even where the. court’s statement was legally correct but “when viewed in light of the jury’s [] question [wa]s confusing”
  • “The trial court properly instructed the jury that the immoral purpose . . . [must] exist before the journey ends and supply the dominant motive for the trip.”

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Judges: Koelsch, Browning, Weigel

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