United States v. Bobby Ray Allen
Cases that cite this one
7 later published cases cite this decision.
- United States v. Robert McPartlin (7th Cir. 1979)
- United States v. Milford E. Cook (9th Cir. 1972)
- MILES (CHRISTIAN) v. STATE (Nev. 2021)
- UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael Kent POLAND and Patrick Gene Poland, Defendants-Appellants (9th Cir. 1981)
- United States v. Harry F. Larson, M.D. (9th Cir. 1974)
- United States v. Anthony Nicholas Carrion, United States of America v. Michael Anthony Carrion (9th Cir. 1972)
- United States v. John Charles Sidman and Robert Joseph Clifford (9th Cir. 1972)
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Opinion
In a jury trial, Allen was found guilty of having unlawfully transported a motor vehicle in interstate commerce. 18 U.S.C. § 2312. His challenge to the conviction is based upon his contention that he was deprived of a fair trial because of certain remarks made by the trial *713 judge during the course of the trial and in the presence of the jury. He points to nine pages of the record and characterizes comments which there appear as “ridicule” and “rebukes” directed to counsel.
It is true, of course, that a trial judge must maintain, especially in a jury trial, that restraint which is essential to the dignity of the court and to the assurance of an atmosphere of impartiality. In this case, however, we cannot agree that the district judge overstepped the bounds of propriety. And even if it could be said that the several comments, considered as a whole, constituted error, the error could not have operated so as to prejudice, significantly, the rights of the accused. The evidence of his guilt was overwhelming.
Affirmed.
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