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· 4/4/1983

United States v. Esau Jackson, United States of America v. Clarence Gene Scroggins, United States of America v. William Franklin Dancy

Citations

  • 696 F.2d 578

How courts have described this case

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

  • recognizing the danger of guilt by association “was heightened by the inflammatory nature of much of the evidence presented”
  • recognizing the danger of guilt by association “was heightened by the inflammatory nature of much of the evidence presented”
  • finding the probative value of a prior conviction was further enhanced by the critical role a defendant's credibility would have played if he had chosen to testify
  • finding no unconstitutional judicial bias when there was no indication that the judge’s “very limited involvement in the presentation of evidence” compromised his impartiality
  • “danger that evidence of the other defendants’ guilt would be imputed to [defendant] was heightened by the inflammatory nature of much of the evidence presented”

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Judges: Arnold, Heaney, Regan

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