Legal Opinion
United States v. Phillips
District Court, E.D. Kentucky
Decided June 12, 1981No. 6:13-misc-06001PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BERTELSMAN, District Judge.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
FACTS
This dramatic and unusual case, which was one of the most spellbinding that this writer has ever seen enacted on the forensic stage, gave rise to several evidentiary rulings which are the subject of this opinion.
The protagonists were the defendant Melissa Phillips and her husband Marion “Buster” Phillips. The ingenue’s role was played by Melissa, who was 18 years old at the time of the events herein described. It was admitted that Melissa shot and almost killed two United States Marshals in an attempt to effect the escape of her husband…
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