MUCKENSTRUM, AKA BAKER, ET AL.

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By (35 total)

• Taylor v. Kentucky, 436 U.S. 478 (U.S. 1978)
  …nable doubt as “a substantial doubt, a real doubt.” Id., at 40. This definition, though perhaps not in itself reversible error, often has been criticized as confusing. See, e. g., United States v. Muckenstrum, 515 F. 2d 568, 571 (CA5), cert. denied, 423 U. S. 1032 (1975); United States v. Christy, 444 F. 2d 448, 450 (CA6), cert. denied, 404 U. S. 949 (1971). And even if the instruction on reasonable doubt had been more clearly stated, the Commonwealth’s argument ignores both the special purpose of a presumpti…
• United States v. Partin, 552 F.2d 621 (5th Cir. 1977)
  …am, has received substantial benefits, see United States v. Librach, 536 F. 2d 1228,1231 (8th Cir. 1976); United States v. Librach, 520 F. 2d 550, 552-554 (8th Cir. 1975); United States v. Muckenstrum, 515 F. 2d 568, 569-70 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 423 U.S. 1032, 96 S.Ct. 564, 46 L.Ed.2d 406 (1975); United States v. Howell, 514 F. 2d 710, 715 (5th Cir.), cert. denied sub nom. Harris v. United States, 423 U.S. 914, 96 S.Ct. 220, 46 L.Ed.2d 143 (1975) and Allen v. United States, 423 U.S. 987, 96 S.Ct. 396, 46…
• United States v. Rodriguez, 585 F.2d 1234 (5th Cir. 1978)
  …fendant.” (Emphasis added.) However, in United States v. Turk, 5 Cir. 1976, 526 F. 2d 654, 669, cert. denied, 1976, 429 U.S. 823, 97 S.Ct. 74, 50 L.Ed.2d 84, and in United States v. Muckenstrum, 5 Cir. 1975, 515 F. 2d 568, 570, cert. denied, 1975, 423 U.S. 1032, 96 S.Ct. 564, 46 L.Ed.2d 406, we sustained a verdict despite our express disapproval of a charge stating: Such doubt must be substantial rather than speculative, that is, a defendant is never to be convicted on mere suspicion or conjecture. It ce…