MCBRIDE

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By (15 total)

• United States v. Evans, 572 F.2d 455 (5th Cir. 1978)
  …ission of such evidence may be cured by appropriate limiting instructions. United States v. Bloom, supra at 710. See Driver v. United States, 441 F. 2d 276 (5th Cir. 1971); McBride v. United States, 409 F. 2d 1046, 1048 (10th Cir.), cert. dismissed, 396 U.S. 938, 90 S.Ct. 282, 24 L.Ed.2d 240 (1969). Generally, when evaluating the impact of jury instructions, they must be construed in the context of all the judge’s instructions in the case and not in an isolated or piecemeal fashion. United States v. Bloom…
• Rasmussen Drilling, Inc. v. Kerr-McGEE Nuclear Corp. & Kerr-McGee Corp., 571 F.2d 1144 (10th Cir. 1978)
  …1 (10th Cir. 1964). The trial judge cannot show hostility toward or become an advocate for one side. Glasser v. United States, 315 U.S. 60, 62 S.Ct. 457, 86 L.Ed. 680 (1942); McBride v. United States, 409 F. 2d 1046 (10th Cir. 1969), cert. denied, 396 U.S. 938, 90 S.Ct. 282, 24 L.Ed.2d 240 (1969). A judge presiding over a trial is not a mere umpire. Jordan v. United States, [*1155] 295 F. 2d 355 (10th Cir. 1961), cert. denied, 368 U.S. 975, 82 S.Ct. 479, 7 L.Ed.2d 438 (1962). And an appellant may not…
• United States v. Downen, 496 F.2d 314 (10th Cir. 1974)
  …]; (2) to participate in the trial by asking questions of witnesses in order to ascertain facts, even to the extent of asking leading questions [United States v. Wheeler, supra; McBride v. United States, 409 F. 2d 1046 (10th Cir. 1969), cert. denied 396 U.S. 938, 90 S.Ct. 282, 24 L.Ed.2d 240 (1969)] ; and (3) to comment on the evidence, carefully avoiding any infringement on the jury’s exclusive right to determine issues of fact [Lowther v. United States, 455 F. 2d 657 (10th Cir. 1972), cert. denied Lowry v…