Supreme Court· 12/10/1984

United States v. Abel

Citations

469 U.S. 45
105 S. Ct. 465
83 L. Ed. 2d 450
1984 U.S. LEXIS 164
53 U.S.L.W. 4009

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holding that the Federal Rules of Evidence permit the impeachment of a witness by showing bias
holding that the use of evidence of bias to impeach a witness is permissible
holding that: a witness’s fear of a party is evidence of bias; a witness’s bias is highly probative of her credibility; and this high probative value may outweigh corresponding prejudice
holding that the Federal Rules of Evidence permit impeachment of a witness showing bias
holding that evidence showing shared gang membership is “sufficiently probative of [witness’s] bias towards [defendant] to warrant its admission into evidence”
deciding that gang membership was “sufficiently probative of ... possible bias ... to warrant its admission into evidence.”

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Judges: Rehnquist

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