Court Opinion

ID: 9445522
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-03 21:31:41.775502+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:30:18.536150
License: Public Domain

SHACKELFORD MILLER, Jr., Circuit Judge
(dissenting).
In my opinion it was prejudicial error for the District Judge to encourage a verdict of guilty by suggesting to the jury the probability of a light sentence. Smith v. United States, 6 Cir., 230 F.2d 935, 940; Lovely v. United States, 4 Cir., 169 F.2d 386, 391. See: Ryan v. United States, 8 Cir., 99 F.2d 864, 873, certiorari denied, 306 U.S. 635, 59 S.Ct. 484, 83 L.Ed. 1037, rehearing denied, 306 U.S. 668, 59 S.Ct. 586, 83 L.Ed. 1063. I would reverse the judgment on that ground.