Legal Opinion
United States v. Brian E. Turner
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 27, 1977No. 76-3276PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUFSTEDLER, Circuit Judge:
The issue on appeal is whether the district court impermissibly restricted this criminal defendant’s exercise of peremptory challenges by treating defense counsel’s acceptance of a jury panel as then constituted as a waiver of a peremptory challenge. The effect of the district court’s restriction in this case was to deprive the defendant, Turner, of all of his peremptory challenges.
Turner was convicted for a series of offenses growing out of a serious assault on a fellow federal prisoner. He contends that the district court committed reversible error when it refused…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Lewis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Pointer v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Stilson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
- New England Enterprises, Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1968
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3Cited by61 opinions
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- State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1988
- United States v. Richard Clinton AllsupCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
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