Legal Opinion
United States v. James G. Nelson
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 23, 1976No. 75--1393PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.
Appealing from convictions by a jury on two counts of distributing controlled narcotics (heroin) in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), appellant James G. Nelson, a black person, raises three contentions: 1) that the trial court erred in ruling that if Nelson testified the prosecution could impeach his testimony by evidence of a prior 1965 conviction for robbery; 2) that the trial court erred in denying a mistrial after the prosecutor peremptorily struck all three black persons on the jury panel; and 3) that the trial court erred in permitting a female informer-witness…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- United States v. Upton Pearson, Jr. And Edward Johnson, Jr., United States of America v. Edward Johnson, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- United States v. Edgar CarterCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
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3Cited by28 opinions
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