Rodriguez v. Crosby

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that one of the “decisive factors” in determining whether “judgment was not substantially swayed by the error” is “the closeness of the case.”
• reversing conviction where the trial court allowed impeachment by conviction for the “exact type of conduct” for which defendant was being tried
• “In such a situation, evidence having no possible basis except to show a propensity for violence on the part of the defendant obviously has the capacity to tip the balance in such a swearing contest.”
• “In such 4 a situation, evidence having no possible basis except to show a propensity for 5 violence on the part of the defendant obviously has the capacity to tip the balance in 6 such a swearing contest.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).