Legal Opinion
United States v. Clifford McRary
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 30, 1980No. 79-5023PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS A. CLARK, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from a jury verdict finding the defendant guilty of kidnapping (18 U.S.C. § 1201(a)). The defense was insanity at the time of the act. We reverse because of the exclusion of testimony of defendant’s wife, and of testimony of the psychologist and psychiatrist called by the defendant, which testimony would have permitted the defendant to offer proof of folie á deux as an element of his defense of insanity.
Believing that a recurrence would be unlikely, we need not discuss the claimed errors related to a juror’s misconduct in discussing the jury…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Bartkus v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Abbate v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- George Lee Mims, Sr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- John Joseph Blake v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- United States v. Beacher Drell RoachCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
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3Cited by29 opinions
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- United States v. George M. Khoury, Howard Kluver, David W. West, Louis H. ChippasCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1990
- United States v. Juan Baptista-Rodriguez, Ramon Calvo, and Julio R. DiazCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1994
- Oscar Brown Boykins, Jr. v. Louie L. WainwrightCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
- United States v. Hooshang HooshmandCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1991
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