Legal Opinion
United States v. Clyde Smith
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 23, 1980No. 80-1586PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge.
Clyde Smith appeals from a judgment entered in the district court 1 for the Western District of Missouri upon a jury verdict finding him guilty of one count of obstruction of justice in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1503. Appellant was sentenced to five years imprisonment. For reversal appellant argues that the district court erred in (1) admitting certain tape recordings into evidence, (2) failing to adequately instruct the jury, and (3) giving a supplemental Allen charge. For the reasons discussed below, we affirm the judgment of the district court.
In early 1980, the…
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