Legal Opinion
United States v. Ledford Gene Harding
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 17, 1975No. 75-1240PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEVENS, Circuit Judge.
In his cross-examination of appellant Harding, the prosecutor spent almost as much time asking about appellant’s prior conviction of possession of marijuana as about the charge of selling one gram of cocaine, for which he was on trial. The jury found him guilty; 1 Harding’s appeal requires us to identify the improper portions of the cross-examination and to decide whether the prejudice was sufficiently significant to mandate a new trial.
Before describing the use of appellant’s prior conviction, we briefly summarize the evidence on the issue of guilt or innocence.
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2Cases cited7 opinions
- Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- United States v. Edwin Wallace PennixCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1963
- United States v. Calvin Wayne Dow, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1972
- United States v. Wallace Melvin Mitchell, Paul John Forrest, Edward John Kerns, William Earl Ziefel, Edward John KernsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
- United States v. Melvin Eugene YarbroughCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1965
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3Cited by41 opinions
- United States v. Sally A. Papia, Russell J. Enea, Joseph v. Basile, and Maximillion J. AdonnisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1977
- Rene Rodriguez v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2002
- United States v. Michael A. LipscombCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1983
- United States v. Noah Ryan Robinson and John Anthony Robinson, and Noah Robinson v. United States of America, and John A. Robinson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
- State v. LynchSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1993
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