Legal Opinion
United States v. Clarence Smith, A/K/A "Texas Shorty,"
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided August 22, 1975No. 74-1353PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SETH, Circuit Judge.
The defendant, Clarence Smith, was indicted and tried for the first degree murder of a fellow inmate in the federal penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas. The jury returned a verdict of guilty of voluntary manslaughter, and defendant appeals.
Appellant’s first argument is that the trial court abused its discretion in allowing evidence of his prior convictions to be admitted. Prior to the start of the trial, the trial court heard appellant’s motion for a protective order to prevent the Government from cross-examining him about his prior criminal record. This record included…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Dusky v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Charles M. Luck v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1965
- Garland Edward Goff v. The United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1971
- Donald Richard Munroe v. United States of America, Marian B. Munroe v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1970
- Robert Charles Maguire v. United States of America, Charles Russel Giles v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1966
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3Cited by31 opinions
- United States v. TestCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1976
- United States v. Gina Antoinette BrownerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1989
- United States v. Clyde SmithCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980
- United States v. Kenneth R. ChapmanCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1980
- United States v. Willie Lee SeamsterCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1978
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