Legal Opinion
United States v. Marvin J. Zylstra
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 9, 1983No. 81-1896PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFEY, Circuit Judge.
Marvin J. Zylstra appeals from his conviction in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois for offenses arising out of a drug smuggling operation. The defendant claims that: (1) the trial court improperly denied his motion for a change of venue; (2) the increase in the defendant’s bond during trial deprived him of effective assistance of counsel and thus violated his Eighth Amendment rights; (3) he received ineffective assistance of counsel; (4) the prosecutor’s closing argument was improper and prejudicial; and (5) the trial court improperly…
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