Legal Opinion

United States v. Davis

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided July 6, 1977No. 76-1708PublishedCited by 40 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

VAN PELT, Senior District Judge.

Alfonso Davis appeals his conviction by a jury on four counts of a ten-count indictment.1 He asks us to find on appeal that:

1. the trial judge2 erred in the sentencing procedure because he considered evidence outside the record;

2. defendant was denied his right to counsel because the trial court allowed the prosecutor to interrupt defense counsel’s final argument and the prosecutor’s final argument itself was objectionable;

3. it was error to admit certain items of evidence during the trial;

4. the search warrant lacked particularity and was not supported by…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  2. United States v. VentrescaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  3. Roviaro v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  4. Rugendorf v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  5. Steele v. United States No. 1Supreme Court of the United States · 1925

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3Cited by40 opinions

  1. United States v. LewisCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1985
  2. United States v. James Robert Dorsey, United States of America v. Faye Margaret Crawford A/K/A Faye Margaret PowellCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1979
  3. United States v. BakerCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1980
  4. United States v. YusufCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2006
  5. United States v. YusufCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2006

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