Legal Opinion

United States v. James Darnell Smith

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided June 7, 1984No. 83-3436PublishedCited by 98 opinions

1Per curiam

This case is currently before the Court upon James Darnell Smith’s appeal from his district court jury conviction for armed robbery, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §§ 2113(a), (d) and 2. On appeal, Smith contends that the district court erred in refusing to allow expert witness testimony about the reliability of eyewitness identification. Upon consideration of this perplexing legal question, we are unable to find that the district court committed reversible error in excluding that testimony.

On July 22, 1982, two armed men entered the Arcanum branch of the Second National Bank of Greenville in Arcanum,…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Hamling v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  2. United States v. Dennis Essington Green, United States of America v. Daniel S. FranoCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1977
  3. Jennifer Mannino, a Minor, by and Through Her Next Friend and Parent and Natural Guardian, Richard Mannino v. International Manufacturing CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1981
  4. United States v. Hayward Leslie BrownCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1977
  5. United States v. Hakeem Abdul Rasheed, AKA Clifford Jones, United States of America v. Janice PhillipsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981

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3Cited by98 opinions

  1. United States v. Richard Junior FrazierCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2004
  2. United States v. John W. DowningCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1985
  3. State v. BroomOhio Supreme Court · 1988
  4. State v. BuellOhio Supreme Court · 1986
  5. United States v. Rodriguez-FelixCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2006

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