Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Melton v. United States

484 U.S. 1068

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1988-02-22
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • 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
  • plain error is prejudicial in that it undermines confidence in the outcome of the trial
  • prosecutors may "pursue evidentiary inferences for what they are worth”

Citator

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C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied.