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· 1/26/1977

United States v. Harry Lloyd Davis

Citations

  • 546 F.2d 583
  • 1977 U.S. App. LEXIS 10331
  • 2 Fed. R. Serv. 268

How courts have described this case

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

  • stating that technical violations of procedures prescribed by the Act do not constitute a substantial failure to comply with the Act
  • where there was a trivial infraction of the Doyle rule which was not linked to the defendant's exculpatory story, mention of the defendant's silence was harmless error
  • where there was a trivial infraction of the Doyle rule which was not linked to the defendant’s exculpatory story, mention of the defendant’s silence was harmless error
  • strongly criticizing Government for commenting on defendant’s silence

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Judges: Ainsworth, Roney, Allgood

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