Legal Opinion

In Re: Linda L. Mossie

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided July 26, 1985No. 84-2170PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*986HEÁNEY, Circuit Judge.

Linda L. Mossie appeals from a citation for contempt stemming from her responses to the district court’s voir dire questions when she served as a juror in a federal criminal trial, 589 F.Supp. 1397. For reversal, she argues that, on voir dire, she was not obliged to disclose certain municipal ordinance violations, that the district court’s voir dire questions were not clear and certain, and that she was selectively-prosecuted. We reverse.

Mossie served on a jury in a trial of two defendants on cocaine charges. In screening the venire panel on voir dire, the court made a…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Anderson v. City of Bessemer CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  2. United States v. United States Gypsum Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
  3. United States v. Hershey MossCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1979
  4. Kansas City v. StricklinSupreme Court of Missouri · 1968
  5. City of Ferguson v. NelsonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1969

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Frank J. HUBBARD, Appellee, v. FLEET MORTGAGE CO., F/K/A Mortgage Assoc., Inc., AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1987
  2. Ginsu Products, Inc., Cross-Plaintiff, and v. Dart Industries, Inc., Cross-Defendant, AndCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
  3. People v. KrihoColorado Court of Appeals · 1999
  4. State v. RuffMissouri Court of Appeals · 1987
  5. Dunbar v. Cox Health Alliance, LLC (In Re Dunbar)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Arkansas · 2011

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