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· 12/21/1988

United States v. Evaristo Rivera Pedin, Raymond Arrastia

Citations

  • 861 F.2d 1522
  • 1988 U.S. App. LEXIS 17387
  • 1988 WL 128449

How courts have described this case

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

  • invoking Fed. R. App. P. 2's authorization \to relieve litigants of the consequences of default where manifest injustice would result\
  • invoking Fed. R. App. P. 2's authorization \to relieve litigants of the consequences of default where manifest injustice would result\
  • reversing trial court’s denial of a motion for a new trial as to both co-defendants, even though only one co-defendant raised the issue before both the trial and appellate courts
  • ‘‘it [is] anomalous to reverse some convictions and not others when all defendants suffer from the same error’’

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Judges: Tjoflat, Hill, Ward

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