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· 1/11/1999

Raney v. Federal Bureau of Prisons

Citations

  • 168 F.3d 21
  • 1999 WL 52382

How courts have described this case

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

  • noting that “[s]tanding on its own, the vouching would likely not rise to the level of reversible error”
  • noting that an attorney should not assert a personal knowledge of facts in issue except when testifying as a witness
  • noting that an attorney should not assert personal knowledge of facts in issue except when testifying as a witness
  • stating that error in admission of evidence is harmless if probable impact on the jury is sufficiently minor so as not to affect the defendant’s substantial rights
  • finding it inappropriate for a prosecutor to make an argument which takes the form of personally vouching for a witness
  • finding charging information was sufficiently specific where alleged that a single act of molestation happened during a five-year period

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