Legal Opinion
United States v. Michael D. Williams
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 13, 1973No. 73-1145PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CRAVEN, Circuit Judge:
Michael Williams appeals his conviction by a jury in district court for distributing heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a) (1). Three of the several points of assigned error are worth discussion: the admissibility of a confession, the in-court identification of defendant’s “girlfriend,” and remarks made by the prosecutor in his closing statement to the jury.
The government’s case rests primarily on the testimony of Melvin Lee. The evidence tended to show that special narcotics agent Rinehart observed Lee going to the doorway of defendant Williams’s apartment and then…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- United States v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- United States v. Winston Valdemar SpringerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1972
- United States v. Paul FerraraCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
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3Cited by25 opinions
- United States v. Ronald William PeltonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1987
- Commonwealth v. MeehanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- United States v. James BraxtonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1997
- United States v. Patrick Elie A/K/A Patrick Gerald Elie, A/K/A Marie Patrick ElieCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1997
- United States v. Charles Wallace ShearsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1985
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