· 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
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- 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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