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Supreme Court· 12/10/1984

Luce v. United States

Citations

  • 469 U.S. 38
  • 105 S. Ct. 460
  • 83 L. Ed. 2d 443
  • 1984 U.S. LEXIS 163
  • 16 Fed. R. Serv. 833
  • 53 U.S.L.W. 4007

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that criminal defendant must testify to preserve claim of improper impeachment with prior conviction
  • holding that a defendant must actually testify to preserve error on improper impeachment under Federal Rule of Evidence 609(a)
  • holding that in order to raise and preserve for review the claim of improper impeachment with a prior conviction, a defendant must testify
  • holding that in order to raise and preserve for review the claim of improper impeachment with a prior conviction, a defendant must testify
  • holding that an appellate court cannot review the propriety of allowing impeachment that does not occur
  • holding that to raise and preserve for appellate review a claim of improper impeachment with a prior conviction, defendant must testify

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Judges: Burger, Stevens, Brennan, Marshall

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