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· 7/24/1984

United States v. Eddie Lee Williams

Citations

  • 739 F.2d 297
  • 1984 U.S. App. LEXIS 20214
  • 16 Fed. R. Serv. 92

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that detective’s testimony that he knew the defendant as “Fast Eddy,” which was “completely unrelated to any of the other proof’ against him, should not have been admitted
  • where only possible purpose of referring to defendant’s nickname was to show bad character, testimony as to nickname should not have been permitted

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Judges: Eschbach, Flaum, Marshall

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