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· 11/23/1971

United States v. Hugh Brown and Lewis D. Hayes

Citations

  • 451 F.2d 1231
  • 1971 U.S. App. LEXIS 6960

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  • holding that testimony that defendants were on a “primary target list” of drug dealers “known to the Sheriff’s department” was prejudicial error
  • holding that testimony that defendants were on a “primary target list” of drug dealers “known to the Sheriff’s department” was prejudicial error
  • concluding that submitting to the jury a “fair sized manila 11 envelope” containing a memorandum report and inventory of evidence against the 12 defendant was error which influenced the jury
  • prejudice entailed where detailed report and handwritten notes constituted brief recap of crucial aspects of government's case and \accompanied the jury into the jury room\

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Judges: Brown, Tuttle, Ingraham

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