Legal Opinion
United States v. Whitlow
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided March 6, 1953No. Cr. 1692-52PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLTZOFF, District Judge.
The question presented is whether the Court in the course of a trial of a criminal case, may of its own motion order a mistrial because of misconduct of defense counsel, and whether, if it does so, a plea of former jeopardy bars another trial.
The defendant was on trial before one of the other judges of this Court and a jury on a charge of obtaining money by false pretenses. During the progress of the trial, the Court stopped the proceedings and ordered a mistrial of its own motion because of improper conduct of counsel 'for the defendant, in that counsel carried the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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3Cited by28 opinions
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