BORN

v.

OKLAHOMA

Citator

Cited By (17 total)

• Potashnick v. Port City Constr. Co. & United States Fid. & Guar. Co., 609 F.2d 1101 (5th Cir. 1980)
  …ar case. Under the prior version of section 455, a judge faced with a close question on disqualification was urged to resolve the issue in favor of a “duty to sit.” See Edwards v. United States, 334 F. 2d 360, 362 n. 2 (5th Cir. 1964), cert. denied, 379 U.S. 1000, 85 S.Ct. 721, 13 L.Ed.2d 702 (1965). The language of the new statute eliminates the so-called “duty to sit.” The use of “might reasonably be questioned” in section 455(a) (emphasis added) clearly mandates that it would be preferable for a judge to…
• United States v. Chiantese, 560 F.2d 1244 (5th Cir. 1977)
  …is merely a method by which the trier of fact may determine that the party with the burden of proof has carried it. Thus, an inference does not shift the burden of proof. Edwards v. United States, 334 F. 2d 360, 366-68 (5th Cir. 1964), cert. denied, 379 U.S. 1000, 85 S.Ct. 721, 13 L.Ed.2d 702 (1965); Knapp v. United States, 316 F. 2d 794, 795-96 (5th Cir. 1963); Barfield v. United States, 229 F. 2d 936, 939-40 (5th Cir. 1956); McCormick’s Handbook of the Law of Evidence 830 (2d ed. E. Cleary 1972); 9 Wigmore…

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• United States v. Bryza, 522 F.2d 414 (7th Cir. 1975)
  …uy, Manual on Jury Instructions, Section 5.06-2. Cohen v. United States, 378 F. 2d 751, 756-757 (9th Cir. 1967), cert. denied 389 U.S. 897, 88 S.Ct. 217, 19 L.Ed.2d 215; Edwards v. United States, 334 F. 2d 360, 366-368 (5th Cir. 1964), cert. denied 379 U.S. 1000, 85 S.Ct. 721, 13 L.Ed.2d 702. Cf. United States v. Miller, 379 F. 2d 483 (7th Cir. 1967), cert. denied 389 U.S. 930, 88 S.Ct. 291, 19 L.Ed.2d 281. . The court charged the jury that: “Before a defendant may be found guilty of a crime, the prosecu…