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· 6/1/1999

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Charles J. SANCHEZ, Jr., Defendant-Appellant

Citations

  • 176 F.3d 1214
  • 99 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 4087
  • 99 Daily Journal DAR 5193
  • 1999 U.S. App. LEXIS 11125
  • 1999 WL 343734

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that a prosecutor’s questions were in error because they “compelled [the defendant] to give his opinion regarding the credibility of a deputy marshal”
  • holding that the prosecutor committed misconduct “denigrating the defense as a sham”
  • holding prosecutorial mis- conduct existed because “[i]t is improper under the guise of ‘artful cross- examination,’ to tell the jury the substance of inadmissible evidence” (quoting Hall, 989 F.2d at 716) (internal quotation marks omitted)
  • finding it improper for a prosecutor to ask a defendant whether a Deputy Marshall lied when he testified
  • finding it improper for a prosecutor to ask a defendant whether a Deputy Marshall lied when he testified
  • finding error where the prosecutor forced the defendant to call a U.S. marshal who testified a liar

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Judges: Alarcon, Rymer, Kleinfeld

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