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· 6/7/1972

United States v. Carlton Raymond Owens

Citations

  • 460 F.2d 268

How courts have described this case

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  • testimony of two accomplices was only evidence that defendant possessed stolen money orders, error plain and prejudicial
  • failure to give instruction was plain error when accomplice testimony was only evidence directly implicating defendant in crime
  • conviction based on uncorroborated accomplice testimony without cautionary instruction was plain error

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Judges: Hill, Barrett, Doyle

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