MOORE v. PURKETT

No. 01-1712.

275 F.3d 685 (2001)

Gary MOORE, Appellee, v. James PURKETT, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: December 26, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank A. Jung, Asst. Missouri Atty. General, argued (Jeremiah W. Nixon, Missouri Atty. General, on the brief), for appellant.

Howard B. Eisenberg, argued, Milwaukee, WI, for appellee.

Before McMILLIAN, FAGG, and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.


FAGG, Circuit Judge.

Gary Moore was charged with first-degree burglary in 1994. At the conclusion of a pretrial suppression hearing held just before jury selection for Moore's trial, the Missouri trial court instructed Moore to "get yourself a legal pad or something, because during the trial you're not going to be allowed to talk at counsel table. If you have anything to say to [your attorney], you do that in writing, okay?" (Tr. 38.) Moore complied with the trial...

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