(DOWNLOAD) "United States V. Smith" by Eleventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: United States V. Smith
- Author : Eleventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
- Release Date : January 25, 2000
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 74 KB
Description
This appeal arises out of the convictions of Frank Smith and Connie Tyree on a number of federal criminal counts relating to violation of absentee voter laws in connection with the November 1994 general election in Greene County, Alabama. The two of them raise numerous issues on appeal, contending that: (1) the indictment should have been dismissed on the ground of selective prosecution based on race and political affiliation; (2) there was insufficient evidence to convict Tyree on two of the counts of giving false information in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1973i(c); (3) the United States Sentencing Guidelines were misapplied in sentencing Smith and Tyree; (4) they were convicted on multiplicitous counts; (5) certain evidence relating to absentee ballot affidavits witnessed by Tyree should not have been admitted into evidence; (6) the jury was erroneously instructed regarding Alabama law and "proxy" voting; and (7) Tyree was denied her constitutional right under the Fifth and Sixth Amendments to present witnesses in her defense.