SNOWDEN

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By

• Fencl v. Abrahamson, 841 F.2d 760 (7th Cir. 1988)
  …n put the silence, 4) the trial judge’s opportunity to grant a motion for a mistrial or to give a curative instruction, and 5) the quantum of other evidence indicative of guilt. See Phelps v. Duckworth, 772 F. 2d 1410, 1413 (7th Cir.), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 1011, 106 S.Ct. 541, 88 L.Ed.2d 471 (1985). The district court found that the state demonstrated that the references to Mr. Fencl’s silence were brief and isolated and mentioned as part of a narrative of the events preceding Mr. Fencl’s arrest. The refe…

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• Hanrahan, 933 F.2d 1328 (7th Cir. 1991)
  …sion that the constitutional error did not contribute to the conviction. See, e.g., Phelps v. Duckworth, 772 F. 2d 1410, 1414 (7th Cir.) (en banc) (defendant’s inconsistent and implausible testimony supports finding of harmless error), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 1011, 106 S.Ct. 541, 88 L.Ed.2d 471 (1985).29 Here, Homer’s defense had some obvious problems. His testimony at trial contradicted his statement to DiVito and, to a certain extent, his statements to Mary Ellen. In addition, he asserted that Marian’s dea…
• Morley v. Cohen, 888 F.2d 1006 (4th Cir. 1989)
  …States v. Lane, 474 U.S. 438, 451-53 & n. 16, 106 S.Ct. 725, 733-34 & n. 16, 88 L.Ed.2d 814 (1986); United States v. Sampson, 371 U.S. 75, 83 S.Ct. 173, 9 L.Ed.2d 136 (1962); and United States v. Snowden, 770 F. 2d 393, 398 (4th Cir.), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 1011, 106 S.Ct. 540, 88 L.Ed.2d 470 (1985), with Maze, 414 U.S. at 403, 94 S.Ct. at 650; Kann, 323 U.S. at 94-95, 65 S.Ct. at 150-51; and United States v. Taylor, 789 F. 2d 618 (8th Cir.1986). Here, Morley received through the mails distributions from t…