(DOWNLOAD) "Don C. Silverthorne v. United States" by United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit # Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Don C. Silverthorne v. United States
- Author : United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- Release Date : January 27, 1968
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 76 KB
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Appellant Don C. Silverthorne was convicted of violating 18 U.S.C. ?? 656 and 1005; the misapplication of bank funds and the making of false entries in bank records, respectively. The primary error urged by Silverthorne in this appeal is that the trial court failed to ascertain, during the voir dire examination and at certain specific points in the trial, whether, in light of massive news-media publicity which antedated and which was contemporary with the trial, the jurors bore any prejudice toward appellant. Further assignments of error related to the claimed prejudicial publicity are the denials by the district court of a motion to dismiss the indictment and a motion for continuance. In addition, Silverthorne asserts the commission of sixteen other errors by the court below, including the denial of a motion to sever. We have carefully studied the additional allegations of error and find them to be without merit. However, our evaluation of the publicity surrounding appellants trial and the methods and procedures adopted by the trial court with respect thereto, compel the conclusion that appellant was not accorded a fair trial, free from prejudice or, as the more recent cases require, free from the probability of prejudice. Accordingly, we reverse the judgment of conviction.
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