LESTER

v.

AETNA CASUALTY & SURETY CO.

Citator

Cited By (50 total)

• United States v. Jackson, 549 F.2d 517 (8th Cir. 1977)
  …o be lacking in merit. A motion for a continuance is addressed to the sound discretion of the trial court. United States v. Webb, 533 F. 2d 391, 395 (8th Cir. 1976); Kansas City Star Co. v. United States, 240 F. 2d 643, 651 (8th Cir.), cert. denied, 354 U.S. 923, 77 S.Ct. 1381, 1 L.Ed.2d 1438 (1957). A review of the record shows that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying the motion for continuance. All defendants contend that the manner in which the testimony of Special Agent Vaughan was…
• Koolish v. United States, 340 F.2d 513 (8th Cir. 1965)
  …ations, and the court gave full and accurate instructions to the jurors thereon. We think the admissions were entirely proper and that no error was committed. Kansas City Star Co. v. United States, 8 Cir., 1957, 240 F. 2d 643, 650, certiorari denied 354 U.S. 923, 77 S.Ct. 1381, 1 L.Ed. 2d 1438; Goodman v. United States, 8 Cir., 1960, 273 F. 2d 853, 857; Moses v. United States, 8 Cir., 1961, 297 F. 2d 621, 624. Under this heading it is also claimed that certain government charts and summaries were misleadin…
• Dranow v. United States, 307 F.2d 545 (8th Cir. 1962)
  …6), cert. den. 352 U.S. 835, 77 S.Ct. 54, 1 L.Ed.2d 54; Schumacher v. United States, 216 F. 2d 780 (8 Cir. 1954), cert. den. 348 U.S. 951, 75 S.Ct. 439, 99 L.Ed. 743; Kansas City Star Company v. United States, 240 F. 2d 643 (8 Cir. 1957), cert. den. 354 U.S. 923, 77 S.Ct. 1381, 1 L.Ed.2d 1438. “After all, jurors are men with minds of their own, and, where they are given to understand that the responsibility for determining the facts is upon them, they do not generally act against what they believe to be ri…