Legal Opinion
United States v. Ronald Joseph Semak
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 23, 1976No. 75-1602PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McCEEE, Circuit Judge.
Defendant-appellant Eonald Semak was found guilty by a jury of embezzling, stealing, taking, and carrying away 270 Firestone tires from an interstate shipment in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 659. The issues on appeal are (1) whether the district court erred in admitting testimony concerning similar acts of defendant and (2) whether the district court committed plain error in failing to give a cautionary instruction to the jury with respect to the testimony concerning the prior similar acts. We determine that the challenged testimony was properly admitted and that the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- People v. . MolineuxNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- United States v. Earnest McClainCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1971
- United States v. Lawrence Jerome RingCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1975
- Lloyd Harrison v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
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3Cited by19 opinions
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