FORD ET AL.

v.

SCHMIDT, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES OF WISCONSIN, ET AL.

Citator

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• United States v. Phillips, 664 F.2d 971 (5th Cir. 1981)
  …rocedural problems. However, a defendant is entitled only to a fair trial, not a perfect one. Lutwak v. United States, 344 U.S. 604, 619-20, 73 S.Ct. 481, 490, 97 L.Ed. 593 (1953); United States v. Evans, 572 F. 2d 455, 491 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 439 U.S. 870, 99 S.Ct. 200, 58 L.Ed.2d 182 (1978). We are convinced after careful and exhaustive review of the record that each of the defendants received a fair trial. The convictions and sentences imposed on appellants MEINSTER, PLATSHORN, MYERS, FISHER, and…
• Ruiz v. Estelle, 679 F.2d 1115 (5th Cir. 1982)
  …tude and complexity, it is almost inevitable that some error will creep in, despite all efforts to prevent it. A defendant is not entitled to a perfect trial, but only a fair one.” United States v. Evans, 572 F. 2d 455, 491 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 439 U.S. 870, 99 S.Ct. 200, 58 L.Ed.2d 182 (1978). . See pp. 1163-1164 infra. . Cf. In re Grand Jury Proceedings, 559 F. 2d 234, 237 (5th Cir. 1977) (per curiam) (“[T]he alleged bias and prejudice, to be disqualifying, must stem from an extrajudicial source an…
• United States v. Winter, 663 F.2d 1120 (1st Cir. 1981)
  …es v. Evans, 572 F. 2d 455, 486 (5th Cir.) (in hearing on illegality of seizure of records, burden on movant to make specific factual allegations of illegality, to produce evidence, and to persuade court evidence should be suppressed), cert. denied, 439 U.S. 870, 99 S.Ct. 200, 58 L.Ed.2d 182 (1978). Since his evidence is legally insufficient to establish the existence of an agreement made by the prosecutor, we dismiss Price’s argument that the prosecutor did not keep it. As we have noted, Price’s testimony…