Legal Opinion

United States v. Saul Siegel

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided January 11, 1979No. 78-5006PublishedCited by 31 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FAY, Circuit Judge:

On June 10, 1977, appellant, Saul Siegel, was found guilty of violating 18 U.S.C. § 2314 1 and on November 16, 1977 he was sentenced to a prison term of eighteen months. Siegel raises the following points on appeal: 1) that the evidence was insufficient to sustain a conviction, 2) that the questioning by the trial judge was prejudicial, 3) that the prosecutor made prejudicial statements expressing his personal beliefs regarding the credibility of appellant, 4) that the trial judge incorrectly gave instructions, unrequested by appellant, concerning impeachment of witnesses…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Berger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
  3. Alford v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  4. Avery v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  5. United States v. Laurel Joan MorrisCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978

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3Cited by31 opinions

  1. United States v. Luis Anthony RiveraCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1990
  2. State v. GaynorSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1980
  3. United States v. Chan Walker Zielie, Keith H. Gustafson, Thomas David Wilkerson, Robert Walter Govern, and Leon D. MausserCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
  4. United States v. Natividad Ocanas, Santiago Casiano, Jr., Ramiro Gonzalez Alvarado, Rogelio Jose De La Garza and Amadeo Uresti GarzaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
  5. United States v. Richard G. HaddonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991

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