Legal Opinion
Carvell McMillian Mary Lynn McMillian Bobby McMillian and John William McMillian v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 19, 1966No. 22884PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEN C. DAWKINS, Jr., District Judge:
This appeal is from the convictions of four defendants 1 who were jointly in-dieted in five counts for separate violations of the liquor laws. 2 The jury returned guilty verdicts against two of the appellants on two counts and against the other two on three counts. The appeal may be disposed of upon two of appellants’ specifications of error: (1) the admission of hearsay evidence creating undue prejudice in the minds of the jury, uncured by the trial court’s lengthy instructions to disregard, and (2) the government attorney’s improper argument before the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- J. Monroe Dunn v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
- J. Stacey Henderson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1955
- Max Greenberg v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1960
- Joe R. Steele v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
- Robert Henry Landsdown v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
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3Cited by60 opinions
- United States v. Gaetano ModicaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981
- United States v. SomersCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1974
- Eddie Odom v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- United States v. Laurel Joan MorrisCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- United States v. John T. GoodwinCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
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