Legal Opinion
United States v. Edwin Lee Roberts and Joseph Freeman
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided October 11, 1978No. 76-1835, 76-1836PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McKAY, Circuit Judge.
Defendants appeal their convictions of importing heroin and conspiring to import heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 952(a), 962(a), 963 (1970). Defendant Freeman claims his Sixth Amendment right of confrontation was violated by the introduction of inculpatory statements against him which codefendant Roberts had made. He also claims the trial court erred in refusing to grant a mistrial motion following allegedly prejudicial closing argument by Roberts’ trial counsel. Defendant Roberts challenges the trial court’s refusal to suppress heroin seized during a warrantless…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Chambers v. MaroneySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- California v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Dutton v. EvansSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- United States v. George Samuel Walter RogersCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Mark A. Hopkinson v. Duane Shillinger, and the Attorney General of the State of WyomingCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1989
- United States v. Phillip R. BalanoCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1980
- United States v. PevetoCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1989
- Commonwealth v. BohannonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- United States v. Dennis Swingler, Jack E. Houser, Jr., Ralph W. Vicory, James D. Jahnke, Jerald W. Richardson, Larry Lee RichardsonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1985
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