Legal Opinion

United States v. Samuel Douglass Harris and Melba Jean Glass

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided May 13, 1971No. 540-70, 541-70PublishedCited by 51 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HILL, Circuit Judge.

Appellants were jointly indicted, tried and convicted by a jury of having robbed the First National Bank of Terral, Oklahoma, by force and intimidation, putting in jeopardy the life of a bank employee, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d). The individual direct appeals have been consolidated.

Both Harris and Glass urge as their first point that the trial court erred in overruling their motion for a mistrial. The motion resulted from a hearsay objection interposed by defense counsel. The court requested counsel to approach the bench, whereupon colloquy was had and the…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Avery v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  2. United States v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
  3. United States v. BrandtCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1952
  4. United States v. Marvin Allen Eagleston, United States of America v. Bobby Joe FaubianCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1969
  5. Alfred William Leino v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1964

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3Cited by51 opinions

  1. United States v. John Tortora, United States of America v. Samuel SantoroCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
  2. Christian v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1978
  3. United States v. George Gordon Liddy, A/K/A George F. LeonardCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1974
  4. United States v. Lawrence Daniel Caldwell, A/K/A Thomas E. Morgan, (Two Cases). United States of America v. Eros A. Timm, (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1976
  5. United States v. HillCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1975

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