Legal Opinion
Cleveland Lester Thompson, Jr., Edward Lee Harshberger and J. M. Proctor, Jr. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 22, 1960No. 17804_1PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.
Convicted on five counts of a seven count indictment and sentenced to two years on each count, the sentences to run concurrently, defendants, here upon two points of error, urge upon us that they were convicted upon procedures which offend due process of law.1
In support of their first point, appellants, quoting from the closing argument of the prosecutor,2 argue that, within the authorities 3 on which they rely, the prosecutor, stating his personal belief in appellants’ guilt, in effect gave unsworn and inadmissible opinion testimony without defendants’ having the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Leimer v. State Mut. Life Assur. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1940
- J. Stacey Henderson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1955
- Joe R. Steele v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
- Cave v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1947
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Victor Harry Feguer v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1962
- United States v. Robert Earl BessCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1979
- Donald Joseph Hall v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- United States v. Albert GrunbergerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1970
- United States v. Paul L. Wayman, Paul Howard Noe Alias H. P. Knowles, Robert L. Hutcheson, Andvictor M. Moore, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
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