· 10/23/2014
Gary Gathers & Keith Mitchell v. United States
Citations
- 101 A.3d 1004
- 2014 D.C. App. LEXIS 438
- 2014 WL 5366246
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- stating that \harmlessness must be proven by the constitutional standard of beyond a reasonable doubt\ and that this standard is \equivalent\ to the \any 'reasonable likelihood' \ standard
- equating “the second Napue prong” with “the burden of showing harmlessness . . . beyond a reasonable doubt”
- “Although judgment finality is undoubtedly of great importance, it must sometimes yield to higher considerations.”
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Judges: Blackburne-Rigsby, Beckwith, Steadman
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