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“as the importance of the defendant's credibility escalates, so will the need to allow the state an opportunity to impeach the defendant's credibility.”
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Frederick Owens v. the State of Texas
as the importance of the defendant's credibility escalates, so will the need to allow the state an opportunity to impeach the defendant's credibility.
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United States v. Michael A. Lipscomb
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Accord United States v. Fountain, 642 F.2d 1083, 1092 (7th Cir.), cert. denied, 451 U.S. 993 , 101 S.Ct. 2335 , 68 L.Ed.2d 854 (1981); United States v. Cook, 608 F.2d 1175, 1187 (9th Cir.1979) (en banc), cert. denied, 444 U.S. 1034 , 100 S.Ct. 706 , 62 L.Ed.2d 670 (1980). 54 There is less risk of prejudice when a defense witness other than the defendant is impeached through a prior conviction because the jury cannot directly infer the defendant’s guilt from someone else’s criminal record. 55 The jury may, however, still presume guilt or lack of credibility of the defendant by association o…
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United States v. Frazier
See, e.g., United States v. Fountain, 642 F.2d 1083 (7th Cir.), cert. denied, 451 U.S. 993 , 101 S.Ct. 2335 , 68 L.Ed.2d 854 (1981); United States v. Cunningham, 638 F.2d 696 (4th Cir. 1981); United States v. Hendershot, 614 F.2d 648 (9th Cir. 1980); United States v. Crawford, 198 D.C.App. 312, 613 F.2d 1045 (1979); United States v. Seamster, 568 F.2d 188 (10th Cir. 1978); United States v. Preston, supra; United States v. Mahone, supra. We find that, although the military judge did not make an explicit on-the-record finding that the probative value of the appellant’s two prior convictions ou…
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Patsel v. District of Columbia Board of Education
Department of Education v. Valenzuela, 524 F.Supp. 261 (D.Hawaii-1981); Mattie T. v. Holladay, 522 F.Supp. 72 (N.D.Miss.1981); see also Doe v. Marshall, 622 F.2d 118 (5th Cir. 1980) cert. den. 451 U.S. 993 , 101 S.Ct. 2336 , 68 L.Ed.2d 854 (1981).
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Bazan
v.
United States
v.
United States
No. 80-6550.
Supreme Court of the United States.
May 18, 1981.
Published
Citer courts: Court of Appeals of Texas (1)
C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.