Legal Opinion
James O. Scurry v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided May 29, 1965No. 18633PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Circuit Judge.
Appellant was convicted of assault with a dangerous weapon. 22 D.CCode § 502 (1961). On appeal he alleges trial court error in defining reasonable doubt, in charging the jury that “a serious felony has been committed” when the defense tendered was self-defense, and in allowing excessive comment on hearsay evidence by the prosecutor in his summation. No exception 'Was taken in the court below, however, to the court's charge or to the prosecutor’s summation, and we find no basis for invoking the plain error rule. 1
It is noted that the trial court, in fts effort…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Holland v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Hopt v. UtahSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Egan v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1923
- Bishop v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1939
- Kenneth Jones v. United States of America, Willis Campbell, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1964
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3Cited by59 opinions
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- George E. Johnson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1965
- Charles McGill v. United States of America, Walter M. Hinton v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1965
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