BECKER

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By (20 total)

• Dorian Fletcher v. State, 472 So. 2d 537 (Fla. 5th DCA 1985)
  …sufficient evidence presented from which a jury could find that the object held to Fletcher’s throat was a razor blade — clearly a “deadly weapon” under such circumstances.2 See United States v. Seastrunk, 580 F. 2d 800 (5th Cir.1978), cert. denied, 439 U.S. 1080, 99 S.Ct. 863, 59 L.Ed.2d 50 (1980) (Evidence sufficient to establish use of gun where victim testified she was familiar with guns and defendant had opened his shirt and displayed what she thought was a gun butt); T.T. v. State, supra; compare Ryder…
• Mitchell v. State, 493 So. 2d 1058 (Fla. 1st DCA 1986)
  …d an object which appeared to be a gun and defendant stated to victims, “Give me the money or I’ll blow your brains out,” and “Stop or I’ll shoot.”) This case is also similar to United States v. Seastrunk, 580 F. 2d 800 (5th Cir.1978), cert. denied, 439 U.S. 1080, 99 S.Ct. 863, 59 L.Ed.2d 50 (1980), wherein the court held the evidence was sufficient to establish the use of a gun where the victim, a bank teller, testified she was familiar with guns and the defendant had opened his shirt and displayed what she…
• United States v. Severo D. Espinosa, 771 F.2d 1382 (10th Cir. 1985)
  …United States v. Parodi, 703 F. 2d at 780 (citing United States v. Frazier, 394 F. 2d 258, 261 (4th Cir.), cert. denied, 393 U.S. 984, 89 S.Ct. 457, 21 L.Ed.2d 445 (1968), and United States v. Becker, 585 F. 2d 703, 706 (4th Cir.1978), cert. denied, 439 U.S. 1080, 99 S.Ct. 862, 59 L.Ed.2d 50 (1979)). Therefore, the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying severance on this ground.35 As to the claim that severance would have permitted Foreman’s attorney, Mr. Boult, to recuperate from an injury,…