Legal Opinion
Donald Joseph Hall v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 12, 1969No. 25827PublishedCited by 146 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:
The appellant was convicted by a jury on a single-count indictment charging interstate transportation of a stolen automobile and sentenced to three years. The conviction must be reversed for improper and prejudicial statements made by prosecutors during oral argument.
The reversible remarks covered five areas: statements that appellant had tampered with witnesses; a statement by a prosecutor of his personal belief concerning a controverted issue of fact, i. e., whether FBI Agent Degnan had forced witness Beck to give a statement; a personal voucher by the same prosecutor…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Berger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- J. Monroe Dunn v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
- J. Stacey Henderson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1955
- Max Greenberg v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1960
- Harold Gradsky v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
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3Cited by146 opinions
- United States v. PhillipsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1987
- United States v. Gaetano ModicaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981
- William Anthony Brooks v. Ralph Kemp, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
- United States v. PolizziCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1974
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