Legal Opinion
United States v. Edward Kenneth Small, Jr. Appeal of Samuel Samson Allen
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided December 29, 1972No. 72-1432PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
MAX ROSENN, Circuit Judge.
Samuel Samson Allen appeals a conviction by a jury in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania for conspiring to rob a bank in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113. Appellant claims plain error in the failure of the trial judge to instruct the jury on the necessity of finding commission of an overt act in order to find defendant guilty of conspiracy. He also claims several other errors, including the refusal of the trial judge to recuse himself from presiding over this retrial of Allen because the judge had seen Allen’s…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Luther James Bradford v. United States of America, Johnny Paul Washam v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
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3Cited by39 opinions
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