Supreme Court· 12/4/1972

Cool v. United States

Citations

409 U.S. 100
93 S. Ct. 354
34 L. Ed. 2d 335
1972 U.S. LEXIS 9

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noting that a defense objection to jury instructions, while not a “model of clarity” was sufficient to preserve the objection on appeal
rejecting as “fundamentally unfair” an instruction telling jury it could convict solely on basis of accomplice testimony but not telling jury it could acquit solely on this basis, where defendant put accomplice on the stand
rejecting as “funda- mentally unfair” an instruction telling jury it could 48 No. 12-1088 convict solely on basis of accomplice testimony but not telling jury it could acquit solely on this basis, where defendant put accomplice on the stand
wording of accomplice instruction on exculpatory witness placed improper burden on defense
jury instruction telling the jury that it could convict solely on the basis of accomplice testimony but not that it could acquit on this basis constituted grounds for reversal
jury instruction telling the jury that it could convict solely on the basis of accomplice testimony but not that it could acquit on this basis constituted grounds for reversal

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Judges: Rehnquist, Blackmun

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