FORSACK

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By (19 total)

• United States v. Weiner, 578 F.2d 757 (9th Cir. 1978)
  …nd no significant basis for overruling the trial court. We further note that no explicit request for a court reporter was made by defendants at the time of the incident. See United States v. Piascik, 559 F. 2d 545, 550 (9th Cir. 1977), cert. denied, 434 U.S. 1062, 98 S.Ct. 1235, 55 L.Ed.2d 762 (1978). There was no error in the court’s handling of the situation. As to the second incident, at the commencement of the discussion on the jury instructions the court stated, “It seems to me that we should let the r…
• United States v. Gallo, 763 F.2d 1504 (6th Cir. 1985)
  …y the judge or counsel to the jury will be viewed with greater disfavor than those made during side bar discussions. See United States v. Sneed, 527 F. 2d 590 (4th Cir.1975); United States v. Piascik, 559 F. 2d 545, 548 (9th Cir.1977), cert. denied, 434 U.S. 1062, 98 S.Ct. 1235, 55 L.Ed.2d 762 (1978). A court’s offer to counsel to record objections following an “off-the-record” discussion lessens the risk of prejudice and reversal.41 See, e.g. United States v. Metz, 608 F. 2d 147 (5th Cir.1979), cert. denied…

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• United States v. Egidio Cerilli, 603 F.2d 415 (3d Cir. 1979)
  …laboration of the reasons for the disjunctive reading of the “use of office” and the “duress” elements of extortion. Price cited no authority and stated no rationale. In United States v. Harding, 563 F. 2d 299, 302-07 (6th Cir. 1977), cert. denied, 434 U.S. 1062, 98 S.Ct. 1235, 55 L.Ed.2d 762 (1978), the Sixth Circuit discussed at length the legislative history of the Hobbs Act, the common law offense of extortion, the law of extortion and bribery in New York and other states, as well as Corpus Juris Secund…