Legal Opinion
Connie George Holmes and Joe Bedami v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided November 22, 1960No. 8084PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAYNSWORTH, Circuit Judge.
These defendants have been twice tried and convicted upon charges of interstate transportation of stolen automobiles. We found it necessary to reverse their first conviction because of error in the application of the Jencks Act. 1 We find it necessary to reverse the second convic tion because of the improper communication by a court official of prejudicial information to the jury.
Despite the careful instructions they had received, one of the feminine members of the jury, during lunch immediately after submission of the case and just before the jurors commenced their…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Clyde Mattox v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Marshall v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Wheaton v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1943
- Raymond Lee Mills v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1960
- Connie George Holmes and Joe Bedami v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1959
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3Cited by51 opinions
- John P. Tillman, Robert Barber Moore, Johnny C. Wilson, Larry Fox, Donald P. Stone and Michael W. Simmons v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Don C. Silverthorne v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1968
- State v. WaldenOhio Court of Appeals · 1984
- United States v. Jessie Kenneth McKinneyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- United States v. Robert Conroy, Raymond Dahl, Frederick Jacobs and Walter K. Schubert, United States of America v. Leonard A. Walker, A/K/A "Silver"Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
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