Legal Opinion
United States v. Joan Paulette Johnson
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 12, 1977No. 76-4272PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:
In this challenge to her conviction for importation and possession of cocaine, Joan Johnson (defendant below) asserts that in the prosecution’s case in chief, prosecution witnesses improperly commented on her post-arrest silence. We reverse and remand, finding certain testimony to have been admitted improperly.
Defendant had been in Panama for about six days at the end of January 1976, in the company of her young son and another woman, Ellen Levy. She re-entered the United States through the Miami airport, and passed through customs there. The inspecting officer…
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