Legal Opinion
United States v. Dennis Lee Sypolt
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 21, 2003No. 03-1189PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
Dennis Lee Sypolt was convicted of bank robbery, see 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a), and challenges his conviction and sentence on various grounds. We affirm the district court on all points.
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Mr. Sypolt maintains that the district judge improperly failed to recuse himself sua sponte for bias. Because Mr. Sypolt failed to preserve this issue for appeal, we review the lower court’s inaction under the “plain error” standard. See United States v. Olano, 507 U.S. 725, 731-32, 113 S.Ct. 1770, 123 L.Ed.2d 508 (1993). In order to prevail, Mr. Sypolt must show that the…
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- United States v. AtkinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
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