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· 2/28/1972

United States v. Earl Thomas

Citations

  • 459 F.2d 1172
  • 148 U.S. App. D.C. 148
  • 1972 U.S. App. LEXIS 11077

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  • where government permitted to introduce evidence of prior acts of cruelty to support case on charged offense, it was error to give “on or about” instruction 39 which might have permitted jury to convict on basis of prior acts

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Judges: Wright, Wilkey, Christensen, Utah

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