U.S. v. GRIFFIN

No. 94-3846.

84 F.3d 820 (1996)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Steven C. GRIFFIN, Marvin M. Rux, and Andrae Scurlock, Defendants-Appellants. Appeal of Stanley L. Hill.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 22, 1996.

As Amended June 3, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick M. Collins (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Criminal Division, Chicago, IL, Barry Rand Elden, Chief of Appeals, Office to the United States Attorney, Criminal Appellate Division Chicago, IL, for United States.

David C. Thomas (argued), Chicago-Kent College of Law, Chicago, IL, for Stanley L. Hill.

Before KANNE and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges, and SKINNER, District Judge.


KANNE, Circuit Judge.

A jury trial presents the inevitable tension between the necessary control a district judge must exercise to achieve the fair presentation of evidence in an impartial forum and the methods for the submission of evidence used by counsel in aggressive representation of their clients. Experienced trial lawyers know that the adversarial nature of a trial — particularly in the presence of a jury — provides an opportunity to achieve an...

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