TROTTA

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By (94 total)

• Harmon W. Shields v. Nevin G. Smith, 404 So. 2d 1106 (Fla. 1st DCA 1981)
  …fulness” element of the federal crime is implicitly included in the concept of “under color of official right” when accompanied by charges of knowing and willing conduct. United States v. Trotta, 525 F. 2d 1096, 1099 n. 5 (2d Cir. 1975), cert. den., 425 U.S. 971, 96 S.Ct. 2167, 48 L.Ed.2d 794 (1976). Shields was charged with having acted knowingly and willingly, therefore corruptly. The final element of the Florida statute, also a part of the “corruptly” definition, is that the public servant requested the…
• Lakeside v. Oregon, 435 U.S. 333 (U.S. 1978)
  …he did not testify. You must deal with what you have before you in this evidence and you may not hold against the defendant a’taE the fact that he did not testify.’ ” State v. Caron, 288 N. C. 467, 471-472, 219 S. E. 2d 68, 71 (1975), cert. denied, 425 U. S. 971. Deciding when the instruction will do more harm than good is not an easy task. But the same may be said of deciding whether to take the stand at all. How far the Court deviates from the course charted in Griffin may be seen by comparing its reaso…
• United States v. Phyliss Briscoe, 896 F.2d 1476 (7th Cir. 1990)
  …Watson, 594 F. 2d 1330, 1343 (10th Cir.), cert. denied, 444 U.S. 840, 100 S.Ct. 78, 62 L.Ed.2d 51 (1979); United States v. Rodriguez, 546 F. 2d 302, 307-08 (9th Cir.1976); United States v. Steinberg, 525 F. 2d 1126, 1133 (2d Cir.1975), cert. denied, 425 U.S. 971, 96 S.Ct. 2167, 48 L.Ed.2d 794 (1976). Although this Court has not dealt expressly with this issue, it is worth noting that in United States v. Keck, 773 F. 2d 759 (7th Cir.1985), without expressly addressing the argument raised herein, we upheld a…