Legal Opinion
United States v. Joe Frederick Jefferson
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 8, 1978No. 76-1885PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RONEY, Circuit Judge:
At the start of this criminal trial, the district court denied defense counsel’s request to question the jurors regarding any jury service they may have had in the seven week interim period since they were first designated to sit on this case. Under the holding in our recent case of United States v. Mutchler, 559 F.2d 955 (5th Cir. 1977), this inquiry should have been made. Whether or not this was reversible error depends upon whether any of the designated jurors had, in fact, sat on a similar case or one involving the same witnesses during the period between selection…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Pearl Davis Bellard v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Albert Alexander Pinkney v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- United States v. Robert Richard Mutchler, and Mike Byrn GreenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- United States v. James E. Riebschlaeger and Ruben Cortez AlanizCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Walter Spells v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
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3Cited by24 opinions
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- United States v. Ben Lee Basey, Armando Jose Lopez, and Oscar Quirarte Ponce, DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
- State v. DorseySupreme Court of Louisiana · 2011
- Linnell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
- United States v. Amable Garcia, Miguel Cabrera, Jose Domingo, Carlos Reinoso, Jose Dominguez, A/K/A "Jose Domingo", Miguel Cabrera and Amable GarciaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1991
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