Legal Opinion
United States v. Walter John Moriarty
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 19, 1974No. 73-3524PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DYER, Circuit Judge:
Moriarty appeals from his jury conviction of possession of and trafficking in contraband in violation of 21 U.S.C.A. § 841(a)(1). His contentions on appeal are threefold: (1) that the hearsay testimony of the Government’s rebuttal witness with respect to Moriarty’s entrapment defense was both false in nature and incurably tainted by a violation of the court’s order sequestrating witnesses; (2) that the court abused its discretion by denying Moriarty’s motion for a continuance; and (3) that the court erred in giving the Allen charge upon the jury’s advising that it was…
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