Legal Opinion
United States v. Arthur Smith, United States of America v. Harry Chrabaszewski
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 16, 1974No. 73-1648 and 73-1649PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McCREE, Circuit Judge.
Appellants were convicted in a jury trial of operating an illegal gambling business1 and of conspiring to commit that offense.2 These direct appeals require us to decide whether the prosecutor’s statement in closing argument that the jury should “require” the defendants to present a “reasonable explanation” of the meaning of taped wiretap evidence, other than the criminal meaning he ascribed to the conversations, was improper, and, if so, whether the trial judge’s subsequent cautionary instruction to the jury rendered the error harmless. There is also the question…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Berger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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3Cited by48 opinions
- United States v. WarshakCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2010
- United States v. Maneer LeonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1976
- United States v. Roquel Allen CarterCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2001
- United States v. Morris Pearce, (89-3990), Alan Thorpe, (89-4003)Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1990
- United States v. Edward J. RobinsonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1981
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