Roberge v. Federal Mortgage Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• finding prosecutor’s opening statement about defendant’s past offenses not improper because prosecutor reasonably believed the court would admit that evidence
• “it is not improper to comment on the failure of the defense, as opposed to the defendant, to counter or explain the evidence”
• “The district court should instruct the jury on the defendant’s defense theory if the theory has a foundation in evidence and legal sup- port.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).