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· 11/24/1961

James Whiting v. United States

Citations

  • 296 F.2d 512
  • 1961 U.S. App. LEXIS 3108

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • cautioning that admission of prior convictions “is subject to the defects inherent in any retrospective appraisal of past conduct”
  • government suspicion, unsupported by facts, not admissible to prove predisposition

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Judges: Woodbury, Hartigan, Aldrich

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