Legal Opinion
United States v. Butts
District Court, D. Maine
Decided March 20, 1986No. Crim. 85-00029-PPublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GENE CARTER, District Judge.
ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR A NEW TRIAL
“To deny a defendant the right to tell his story from the stand dehumanizes the administration of justice. I cannot accept a decision that allows a jury to condemn to death or imprisonment a defendant who desires to speak, without ever having heard the sound of his voice.” Wright v. Estelle, 572 F.2d 1071 at 1078 (5th Cir.1978) (Godbold, J., dissenting).
On December 6, 1985, Defendant was convicted by a jury of possession of a credit card stolen from the mail in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1708. He was represented in…
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- United States ex rel. Wilcox v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1977
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