· 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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