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· 12/30/1977

United States v. Willie Thomas Reese

Citations

  • 568 F.2d 1246
  • 1977 U.S. App. LEXIS 5403
  • 2 Fed. R. Serv. 871

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  • considering the delay between the return of the verdict and sentencing under the Sixth Amendment
  • court analyzed sentencing delay as speedy trial violation without explicitly finding that the sentencing phase was included in speedy trial protection
  • scrapbook of press clippings compiled by public relations department
  • scrapbook of press clippings compiled by public relations department
  • “[W]e hold that the better practice would have been for the trial judge to have had a voir dire examination to determine whether there were actually such rumors before permitting the cross examination. This would avoid any random shots to the prejudice of the appellant.”

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Judges: Phillips, Engel, Cecil

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