United States of America v. Jim Guy Tucker

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing that the Court may not reverse the ' district court’s choice from two permissible views of the evidence
• noting that it can be clearly erroneous to rely on testimony that is “contradicted by extrinsic evidence”
• observing that it is clear error to rely on testimony that is “incoherent or facially implausible[,] . . . contradicted by extrinsic evidence[,]” or “internally inconsistent”
• “Where there are two permissible views of the evidence, the factfinder’s choice between them cannot be clearly erroneous.”
• “Where there are two permissible views of the evidence, the factfinder’s choice between them cannot be clearly erroneous.” (quoting Anderson, 470 U.S. at 574)
• “[T]he idea of presumed bias is reserved for extreme cases, such as when a juror is a close relative of a party or victim in the case.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).