· 3/5/2018
Forum v. U.S. Dep't of Homeland Sec.
Citations
- 297 F. Supp. 3d 183
How courts have described this case
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- holding erroneous joinder of cases was harmless as to the defendants against whom there was overwhelming evidence of guilt, but not as to the defendant against whom the evidence was weaker
- holding erroneous joinder of cases was harmless as to the defendants against whom there was overwhelming evidence of guilt, but not as to the defendant against whom the evidence was weaker
- permitting other-crimes evidence “on the issue of identity when a particular weapon ... used in one crime connects a defendant to another offense”
- explaining a denial of a severance motion will be reversed only for an abuse of discretion
- finding no harmful trial error requiring reversal of certain charges where DNA evidence had overwhelmingly proved the defendant's identity and guilt
- observing DNA evidence's \ 'unparalleled accuracy' ... in linking defendants to crimes at which their DNA is found\ (quoting Maryland v. King , 569 U.S. 435 , 436, 451, 133 S.Ct. 1958 , 186 L.Ed.2d 1 (2013) )
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Judges: Harvey
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