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UNITED STATES v. SMITH

Nos. 73-1648 and 73-1649.

500 F.2d 293 (1974)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Arthur SMITH, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Harry CHRABASZEWSKI, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided July 16, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Woods, Detroit, Mich., on briefs, for Arthur Smith.

Stephen M. Landau, Southfield, Mich. (Court-appointed), on briefs, for Harry Chrabaszewski.

Ralph B. Guy, Jr., U. S. Atty., Detroit, Mich., John J. Robinson, Lauren S. Kahn, Attys., David J. Cook, John L. Newcomer, Sp. Attys., Dept. of Justice, Detroit, Mich., on brief, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WEICK, CELEBREZZE and McCREE, Circuit Judges.

McCREE, Circuit Judge.

Appellants were convicted in a jury trial of operating an illegal gambling business1 and of conspiring to commit that offense.2 These direct appeals require us to decide whether the prosecutor's statement in closing argument that the jury should "require" the defendants to present a "reasonable explanation" of the meaning of taped wiretap evidence, other than the criminal meaning he ascribed...

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