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Roundtree v. United States

Citations

  • 581 A.2d 315
  • 1990 D.C. App. LEXIS 240
  • 1990 WL 144101

How courts have described this case

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

  • applying Kotteakos test to ruling excluding as irrelevant evidence concerning condition of alleged rape victim's genitalia
  • “notwithstanding the fact that a party proposing cross-examination claims to have a 'factual predicate’ ... the trial court may assess the questioner’s offer of proof to determine whether such a factual predicate exists’’
  • “We must remember that if only a single juror holds out for acquittal, there can be no verdict of guilty.”
  • “where a witness has previously made allegations similar to those ... at trial, cross-examination about those prior allegations is constitutionally mandated only where they are ‘shown convincingly’ to be false”

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Judges: Newman, Steadman, Schwelb

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Other cases named Roundtree v. United States

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