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· 3/23/1972

United States v. Robert Marshall

Citations

  • 458 F.2d 446
  • 1972 U.S. App. LEXIS 10544

How courts have described this case

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  • no severance required when a co-defendant directed obscenities at the court and witnesses, absented himself, threw a chair towards the jury box, and cut his wrists during summation
  • cautionary instruction sufficient to cure prejudice when defendant hurled a water pitcher at the prosecutor, threw a chair toward the jury, cut his wrists with a razor blade, and directed obscenities and accusations toward the court, witnesses, and the prosecutor

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Judges: Hays, Oakes, Clarie

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