UNITED STATES v. JOHNSON

No. 80-5174.

657 F.2d 604 (1981)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Allen Ray JOHNSON, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided August 18, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas F. Loflin, III, Durham, N. C. (Loflin & Loflin, Durham, N. C., on brief), for appellant.

William Woodward Webb, Raleigh, N. C. (James L. Blackburn, U. S. Atty., Raleigh, N. C., Richard T. Gammon, Laura L. Kranifeld, Third Year Law Students, on brief), for appellee.

Before BUTZNER and HALL, Circuit Judges, and MICHAEL, District Judge.


MICHAEL, District Judge.

While there are eight assignments of error set out in appellant's brief, this case essentially presents for decision three issues. The first of these is the denial of a motion for mistrial by defendant based on the court's "interjections, interruptions, and conduct toward the defendant and his attorneys". The second is an assignment of error contending that the trial court erred in the manner in which it interrogated the jurors and ultimately...

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