Legal Opinion

United States v. Joseph Herbert Mars

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided April 11, 1977No. 76-1876PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PHILLIPS, Chief Judge.

Joseph Herbert Mars appeals from his conviction for criminal contempt pursuant to Fed.R.Crim.P. 42(a) and from his conviction for bank robbery in violation of 18-U.S.C. § 2113(a). He was sentenced to ten years imprisonment for bank robbery and to an additional six months for contempt, manifested by his refusal to obey the order of the District Judge to provide handwriting exemplars.

We find no reversible error in the bank robbery trial, and accordingly affirm that conviction.

We vacate the order of criminal contempt and remand the case for the limited purpose of affording…

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2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Gilbert v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Harris v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  3. United States v. Herman Franks, (Two Cases). United States of America v. Max Britton, (Two Cases). United States of America v. Boyce MitchellCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1975
  4. United States v. Cara Woods, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1977
  5. United States v. Charles Clark Marshall, IIICourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1971

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. United States v. Jeffrey T. GoodlettCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1993
  2. United States v. John Larry RayCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
  3. Joseph Herbert Mars v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1980
  4. State v. AllenSupreme Court of Vermont · 1985
  5. United States v. CohenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2007

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