Legal Opinion
United States v. Jonathan Rivas-Estrada
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 12, 2018No. 17-40033PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DON R. WILLETT, Circuit Judge:
America is captivated by sensational criminal trials. There's a Trial of the Century virtually every decade. When the O.J. Simpson verdict was announced nearly a quarter-century ago, the entire Nation pressed pause. Even at the staid Supreme Court, "where decorum is everything," a messenger "passed a note about the Simpson verdicts to the grand mahogany bench, and the justices discreetly handed it to one another." 1 The obsession is global. Consider the trials of Sir Marshall Hall, an idolized barrister from Edwardian-era England. Jurors collapsed and judges wept…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Molina-Martinez v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2016
- United States v. GagnonSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- United States v. Torres-AguilarCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2004
- United States v. MartinezCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2001
- United States v. BigelowCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2006
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3Cited by31 opinions
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