TROPIANO

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By (38 total)

• United States v. Rabbitt, 583 F.2d 1014 (8th Cir. 1978)
  …e trials. Thus the court’s refusal to sever was not prejudicial and cannot be characterized as an abuse of discretion. See United States v. Hastings, 577 F. 2d 38 (8th Cir. 1978); United States v. Clayton, 450 F. 2d 16 (1st Cir. 1971), cert. denied, 405 U.S. 975, 92 S.Ct. 1200, 31 L.Ed.2d 250 (1972). III. Senate Bill 110. The jury convicted Rabbitt on three counts in relation to S.B. 110. One was a violation of the mail fraud11 statute and two were Hobbs Act violations.12 Rabbitt makes the following chall…
• United States v. Perkins, 748 F.2d 1519 (11th Cir. 1984)
  …asive’ because he deliberately concealed knowledge or ‘false’ because he blocked the flow of truthful information is immaterial.”). The Second Circuit reached the same conclusion in United States v. Cohn, 452 F. 2d 881 (2d Cir.1971), cert. denied, 405 U.S. 975, 92 S.Ct. 1196, 31 L.Ed.2d 249 (1972) (defendant charged with giving false and evasive testimony) where the court found “[t]he blatantly evasive witness achieves this effect [deliberate frustration] as surely by erecting a screen of feigned forgetfu…
• United States v. LEE, 743 F.2d 1240 (8th Cir. 1984)
  …ited States v. LaVallie, 666 F. 2d 1217, 1220 (8th Cir.1981), and will not be reversed unless there has been a clear abuse of discretion and a showing of prejudice to defendant. United States v. Cole, 449 F. 2d 194, 199 (8th Cir.1971), cert. denied, 405 U.S. 975, 92 S.Ct. 1200, 31 L.Ed.2d 250 (1972). With respect to the cross-examination of Owens’ guilty plea, we believe that the issue was fully brought before the jury. The jury was aware that he would not be further prosecuted for other charges, includin…