Legal Opinion

United States v. Donald Preston Rossbach, Jr.

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided March 4, 1983No. 81-2150PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LAY, Chief Judge.

A federal court jury found Donald Preston Rossbach, Jr., guilty of two counts of rape in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2031 and 1153 and one count of assault in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 113(f) and 1153. He was sentenced to concurrent terms of imprisonment of thirty years on each rape count and ten years on the assault count. He appeals.

Rossbach urges the trial court committed reversible error on seven grounds: (1) refusal to dismiss the indictment for grand jury abuse; (2) inadequate voir dire; (3) denial of defendant’s motion to disqualify the prosecutor; (4) allowing a public…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Kastigar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Holloway v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  3. Costello v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
  4. United States v. John Louis Iron Shell, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980
  5. United States v. Charles Estepa and Francis VasquezCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. United States v. Charles Bruce Nabors, United States of America v. John Calvin Nabors, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1985
  2. United States v. Herbert Loren Reeves, United States of America v. Eddie Jerome BranscumCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1984
  3. United States v. Willie WrightCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1997
  4. State v. TownsendSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1996
  5. United States v. Armin ZiegenhagenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989

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