Legal Opinion
Ca 79-2963 Eloise Beard, as Administratrix of the Estate of Jeff Beard, Deceased v. Roy Martin Mitchell
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 7, 1979No. 78-2592PublishedCited by 91 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SPRECHER, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff, Eloise Beard, 1 appeals from a jury verdict finding the defendant, Roy Martin Mitchell, not guilty of depriving her deceased brother of rights secured by the United States Constitution. Plaintiff seeks a new trial on the grounds that the trial judge improperly instructed the jury and committed other prejudicial errors in the conduct of the trial. We affirm.
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On May 17, 1972, Jeff Beard was abducted and brutally murdered by Stanley Robinson, a Chicago police officer. An F.B.I. informant, William O’Neal accompanied Robinson on the night of the murder. Robinson…
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