Melton v. United States

Melton v. United States, 484 U.S. 1068 (1988)

Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Decided: February 22, 1988
Docket: No. 87-5798
Citations: 484 U.S. 106898 L. Ed. 2d 998

Cited by 51 4 descriptions by later courts

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C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.

How later courts describe this case

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(upholding an instruction that differed from that of Silvern where early in the deliberations one juror stated that he believed the evidence insufficient to convict any defendant on any count)

United States v. Kramer, 955 F.2d 479 (7th Cir. 1992)
(plain error is prejudicial in that it undermines confidence in the outcome of the trial)

United States v. Wynn, 845 F.2d 1439 (7th Cir. 1988)
(prosecutors may "pursue evidentiary inferences for what they are worth”)

United States v. Butler, 71 F.3d 243 (7th Cir. 1995)

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United States v. Jerry Butler71 F.3d 243 (7th Cir. 1995)
United States v. George R. Keskey, Jr.863 F.2d 474 (7th Cir. 1988)
United States v. Traci Parker936 F.2d 950 (7th Cir. 1991)
United States v. John L. Cheek882 F.2d 1263 (7th Cir. 1989)
United States v. Simons Addo989 F.2d 238 (7th Cir. 1993)
United States v. Robert E. King150 F.3d 644 (7th Cir. 1998)

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State v. Cooke, Jr.No. 0506005981 (Del. Super. Ct. Dec. 15, 2022)
United States v. Gray731 F. Supp. 2d 810 (N.D. Ind. 2010)
State v. KEESECKER663 S.E.2d 593 (W. Va. 2008)
State v. Ball2004 SD 9, 675 N.W.2d 192
Chandler v. Moscicki253 F. Supp. 2d 478 (W.D.N.Y. 2003)
State v. O'Neil801 A.2d 730 (Conn. 2002)

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