Legal Opinion
United States v. Walter H. Johnson
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 20, 1974No. 73-1225PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BELL, Circuit Judge:
The result of this disjointed and to some extent obfuscated appeal is an af-firmance in part and a remand in part for determinations on two matters. The first is whether a key prosecution witness’ post-trial deposition warrants a new trial on grounds of newly discovered evidence. The second is whether prosecutorial misconduct suggested by the deposition actually occurred, and if so whether it accords appellant the right to a new trial.
In a jury trial, appellant was found guilty of mail and securities fraud 1 in his activities as principal salesman of the promissory notes…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- United States v. George Camillo JacquillonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- United States v. Alois Peter WarrenCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
- United States v. Odis Warren NolteCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
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3Cited by31 opinions
- United States v. Sadik Xheka and Beha XhekaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
- United States v. Ralph G. FaganCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
- United States v. Wayne Earl EllisonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1977
- United States v. Ray J. Beran and Andrew Kaminski, A/K/A Andrew M. KaminskiCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1977
- United States v. Charles Donald LemaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
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