Legal Opinion
United States v. James Charles Stephens
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 25, 1973No. 73-1739PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:
Stephens appeals from his conviction after a jury trial for robbery of a national bank [18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d)]. He contends that the trial judge’s comments to the jury denied him a fair trial and that there was insufficient evidence to support the verdict. Agreeing with the first contention, we reverse.
*916At the close of Stephens’ trial in the district court, the judge said:
“Now my comment. If he went out there and looked at that bank with the idea of whether or not to rob it, he certainly had no compunction about whether or not he should rob it,…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Quercia v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- United States v. MurdockSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Leonard L. Bursten v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Boatright v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1939
- Connie George Holmes and Joe Bedami v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1959
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- United States v. George MostellaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
- UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Eural WILLS, II, Defendant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1996
- George Maiden, Jr. v. William Bunnell John Van De KampCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1994
- United States v. Eustorgio Pena-GarciaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1974
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