United States v. Charles S. Brown, Jr.

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that the “ultimate” standard for a new trial is whether a miscarriage of justice will otherwise occur
• noting the admissibility of a more than 20-year-old burglary conviction was a “close question”, even where the credibility of the witness was an important issue
• past conviction was “highly probative as impeachment evidence” where two versions of events were presented
• no abuse of discretion in allowing prior burglary conviction in drug conspiracy case
• no abuse of discretion in allowing prior burglary conviction in drug conspiracy case
• “Evidence of other drug transactions is relevant to demonstrate that the defendant knowingly and intentionally participated in a conspiracy and was not merely an unwitting or uninvolved bystander.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).