· 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
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- 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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