PHILLIPS

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

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• United States v. Whitten, 706 F.2d 1000 (9th Cir. 1983)
  …was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt and is not a basis for reversing his convictions. Chapman v. California, 386 U.S. 18, 24, 87 S.Ct. 824, 828, 17 L.Ed.2d 705 (1967); United States v. Armstrong, 654 F. 2d 1328, 1336 (9th Cir.1981), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1157, 102 S.Ct. 1032, 71 L.Ed.2d 315 (1982). GAIEFSKY’S APPEAL John Gaiefsky was arrested in the doorway of his room in the Las Vegas Hilton Hotel on the morning of April 3,1981. The testimony at trial of the arresting DEA agent and one of the arrestin…
• United States v. Pennell, 737 F.2d 521 (6th Cir. 1984)
  …d only for abuse of discretion. See United States v. Phillips, 664 F. 2d 971, 998-99 (5th Cir.1981), cert. denied, 457 U.S. 1136, 102 S.Ct. 2965, 73 L.Ed.2d 1354 (1982); United States v. Armstrong, 654 F. 2d 1328, 1332 (9th Cir. 1981), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1157, 102 S.Ct. 1032, 71 L.Ed.2d 315 (1982); United States v. Almonte, 594 F. 2d 261, 265-66 (1st Cir. 1979); United States v. Fleming, 594 F. 2d 598, 608 (7th Cir.), cert. denied, 442 U.S. 931, 99 S.Ct. 2863, 61 L.Ed.2d 299 (1979). We hereby adopt the a…
• United States v. Foster, 711 F.2d 871 (9th Cir. 1983)
  …ed States v. Castillo, 615 F. 2d 878, 883 (9th Cir.1980). Therefore, reversal is required only if it is more probable than not that the error materially affected the verdict. United States v. Rasheed, 663 F. 2d 843, 850 (9th Cir.1981), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1157, 102 S.Ct. 1031, 71 L.Ed.2d 315 (1982); United States v. Valle-Valdez, 554 F. 2d 911, 916 (9th Cir.1977). We are satisfied that the [*881] error was harmless. Almost every witness implicated Foster, and the evidence against him was overwhelming. Fo…