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Supreme Court· 10/4/1982

Lace v. United States

Citations

  • 459 U.S. 854
  • 103 S. Ct. 121
  • 51 U.S.L.W. 3256
  • 74 L. Ed. 2d 106
  • 1982 U.S. LEXIS 3442

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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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