Legal Opinion
United States v. Richard Eugene Mears
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 5, 1980No. 79-1671PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROSS, Circuit Judge.
Richard Eugene Mears appeals from his conviction under the Dyer Act, 18 U.S.C. § 2312, for the interstate transportation of stolen motor vehicles.
On appeal, Mears contends that the district court 1 erred: (1) in admitting an in-court identification of Mears which he claims was tainted by an impermissibly suggestive photospread; (2) in refusing to suppress allegedly unlawfully obtained statements and admissions made by him; and (3) in permitting the jury to correct its verdict. While we are not without reservations regarding two of these alleged errors, we believe these…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Neil v. BiggersSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Manson v. BrathwaiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- United States v. Michael BellCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1978
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3Cited by34 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. PaszkoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- United States v. Jon Darrell StaufferCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
- United States v. RastelliCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1989
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