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· 12/30/1980

United States v. Garrett Brock Trapnell and Martin Joseph McNally

Citations

  • 638 F.2d 1016
  • 7 Fed. R. Serv. 1672

How courts have described this case

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  • holding it could \reasonably be believed\ that jurors were exposed to publicity disseminated in local newspaper and radio reports
  • holding it could “reasonably be believed” that jurors were exposed to publicity disseminated in local newspaper and radio reports
  • observing that appearance of prosecutor as witness is improper except in extraordinary circumstances
  • disregarding claimed intent to resubmit to authorities where defendant had made arrangements to have water, food, guns and maps provided for his use after escape
  • disregarding claimed intent to resubmit to authorities where defendant had made arrangements to have water, food, guns and maps provided for his use after escape
  • finding no plain error where, although the prose- cutor made a remark similar to that challenged here, \the trial court's instructions unambiguously place[d] the burden of proof on the government\

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Judges: Fairchild, Skelton, Swygert

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