Legal Opinion
Robert Wade Brown, Jr. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided January 25, 1966No. 8334PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PICKETT, Circuit Judge.
Brown, while confined in the United States Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas, killed a fellow prisoner and was sentenced upon conviction of second-degree murder. He appeals, contending that the trial court erred in (1) admitting his confession in evidence; (2) refusing to grant a new trial because a jur- or failed to answer a question which would have disclosed his disqualification; and (3) refusing to permit the accused to exhibit to the jury a scar on his body.
On March 20, 1964, in the presence of a number of witnesses, and within the confines of the penitentiary,…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Brown v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Watts v. IndianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Fikes v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Frazier v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Thomas v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
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3Cited by69 opinions
- State v. EdwardsOhio Supreme Court · 1976
- United States v. Carless Jones and Eugene HarveyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1983
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- United States v. Lloyd Ray BradshawCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1986
- Sprague v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1979
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