Legal Opinion
Gary Allen Potter v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 9, 1982No. 82-1608PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.
The decisive issue in this appeal is whether the Allen charge coerced a minority of the jury. Gary Allen Potter was convicted of forcibly resisting, opposing, impeding, intimidating and interfering with a National Park Ranger engaged in the performance of his official duties, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 111. The indictment followed an altercation near the Ranger Station in Buffalo National Park which resulted in a park ranger receiving bruises and scratches, and losing a substantial amount of blood, and Potter receiving bruises and scratches and being shot in the…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Allen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Jenkins v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- United States v. John Fioravanti, Nicholas Panaccione, and Angelo Pepe, Nicholas PanaccioneCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1969
- United States v. John FlanneryCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1971
- Commonwealth v. RodriquezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
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3Cited by42 opinions
- Lowenfield v. PhelpsSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- United States v. Primitivo CortezCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1991
- United States v. Antwon A. Warfield, United States of America v. Brian M. ThomasCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1996
- United States v. Kenneth Huie DavisCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1986
- United States v. Alphonse Cuozzo, United States of America v. Robert Frank Stella, Jr., United States of America v. Karin Susan MonariCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1992
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