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· 11/10/1987

The United States v. James Beros, Titus McCue A/K/A Tim McCune Appeal of James M. Beros

Citations

  • 833 F.2d 455
  • 56 U.S.L.W. 2321

How courts have described this case

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

  • upholding probation condition that defendant refrain from representing union as elected official or paid employee because significant imposition upon defendant's First Amendment rights \reasonable in light of the offense\
  • upholding probation condition that defendant refrain from representing union as elected official or paid employee because significant imposition upon defendant's First Amendment rights \reasonable in light of the offense\
  • “[J]ust as the sixth amendment requires jury unanimity in federal criminal cases on each delineated offense that it finds a defendant culpable, it must also require unanimity regarding the specific act or acts which constitutes that offense.”
  • Jury must unanimously agree as to which act was committed by the defendant where each of two challenged counts alleges multiple theories of criminal activity predicated on several transactions \any of which might have provided the basis for a guilty verdict.\
  • Jury must unanimously agree as to which act was committed by the defendant where each of two challenged counts alleges multiple theories of criminal activity predicated on several transactions “any of which might have provided the basis for a guilty verdict.”
  • \Conviction by a jury that was not unanimous as to the defendant's specific illegal action is no more justifiable than is a conviction by a jury that is not unanimous on the specific count.\

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Judges: Higginbotham, Becker, Hunter

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