· 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
How courts have described this case
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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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