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· 6/18/1962

Young v. Motion Picture Ass'n of America

Citations

  • 370 U.S. 922
  • 82 S. Ct. 1565
  • 8 L. Ed. 2d 504
  • 1962 U.S. LEXIS 2297

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  • holding that when the prosecutor’s improper comment is invited by the defendant, the comment does not constitute reversible error
  • holding that where the court issued a curative instruction and where prosecutor’s remarks of defendant’s possible sentence were invited by defense counsel, conviction affirmed on appeal
  • holding that defendant’s sales of cutting agent and glassine bags to co-defendants furthered the heroin conspiracy by increasing “the ring’s narcotics sales,” and finding that such evidence was sufficient to sustain the conspiracy conviction

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