· 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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