Legal Opinion
John Harris, Jr. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided September 17, 1968No. 21392_1PublishedCited by 100 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BURGER, Circuit Judge:
Appellant was convicted in the District Court of the unauthorized use of a motor vehicle under 22 D.C.Code § 2204 (1967). His appeal raises only one issue: the propriety of certain remarks made by the prosecutor in his closing argument to the jury.
This claim is raised for the first time on appeal as “plain error” under Rule 52(b) Fed.R.Crim.P. At trial there was no objection — either during the argument or thereafter, at the bench —and no request for a corrective instruction, or motion for a mistrial. In short, Appellant invoked none of several possible methods for…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Francina King v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967
- Max Greenberg v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1960
- George E. Johnson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1965
- Francis B. Reichert, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1966
- Wilbert Harry Gibson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
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3Cited by100 opinions
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- United States v. Robert Earl BessCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1979
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