Legal Opinion
United States v. Leon Johnson
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided December 6, 1979No. 77-1430PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FIELD, Senior Circuit Judge:
Leon Johnson, together with his co-defendant, J. Paul Scott, was convicted of bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a) and (d) and § 2. Johnson and Scott were tried jointly and a third defendant, Donald Anderson, testified against them under a grant of immunity pursuant to a plea bargain. Upon appeal, Johnson contends that Anderson’s response to a question put to him upon cross-examination improperly put Johnson’s character in issue, and that the trial court committed reversible error in denying his motions for a mistrial or severance.
In September of 1978,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Throckmorton v. HoltSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
- Lovely v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1948
- Jack Thornton Atkinson v. United States of America, M. Dean Hodges v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1965
- United States v. Roy HarmanCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1965
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3Cited by23 opinions
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