Legal Opinion
United States v. Gregory Micklus
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 13, 1978No. 77-1644PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.
The defendant-appellant, Gregory Mick-lus, was convicted in a jury trial of attempting to escape from the Marion Federal Penitentiary on July 22, 1976, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2 and 751(a). On appeal the defendant asserts that the trial court committed reversible error in a number of respects:
1) The defendant was deprived of the effective assistance of counsel when his trial attorney failed to request, and the judge failed to give, an instruction on the defense of “necessity” as well as the defense of “duress.”
2) The court improperly denied the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Berger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- United States of America Ex Rel. Countee Williams v. John J. Twomey, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1975
- United States v. Leonard PatrickCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1976
- United States v. William Herbert Greene, IIICourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1974
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3Cited by24 opinions
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- United States v. Kayode A. TeslimCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
- United States v. Garrett Brock Trapnell and Martin Joseph McNallyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1980
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