U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1970

United States v. Raimundo Fernandez-Piloto

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · Decided May 13, 1970 · Bell, Ainsworth, Godbold

426 F.2d 892; 1970 U.S. App. LEXIS 9247 (Federal Reporter, Second Series)

Counsel

Jack J. Taffer, Miami, Fla., for appellant., Robert W. Rust, U. S. Atty., William A. Daniel, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Miami, Fla., for appellee.

Cases that cite this one

5 later published cases cite this decision.

United States v. Paul L. Morgan, Darrell Nickell, Ance M. Sutton, and George Brumfield (5th Cir. 1977)
United States v. Douglas McDowell (5th Cir. 1976)
United States v. Dominga Salazar (5th Cir. 1973)
United States v. Robert Gassaway (5th Cir. 1972)
United States v. Edward Lee Jackson (5th Cir. 1971)

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Opinion

PER CURIAM:

The sole contention in this case is that the district court, by the conduct of the voir dire examination of potential jurors, denied the defendant a fair trial as guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment. 1

The trial judge has broad discretion in the conduct of the voir dire, subject to essential demands of fairness, Aldridge v. United States, 283 U.S. 308, 51 S.Ct. 470, 75 L.Ed. 1054 (1931). The district judge did not exceed his discretion nor did he act unfairly by either the mode of conducting the examination or his refusal to allow some of the questions the defendant wanted asked.

Affirmed.

. We dispose of this case on the briefs and record, without oral argument, as provided by our Local Rule 18.

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