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· 10/5/1981

Burreson v. United States

Citations

  • 454 U.S. 847
  • 102 S. Ct. 165
  • 50 U.S.L.W. 3247
  • 70 L. Ed. 2d 135
  • 1981 U.S. LEXIS 3461

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  • prosecutor may not introduce evidence under the guise of impeachment for primary purpose of placing before the jury substantive evidence which is not otherwise admissible
  • sentence not invalid because court did not emphasize salient factors in presentence investigation report

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