· 4/12/1979
United States v. Fernando Miranda
Citations
- 593 F.2d 590
- 1979 U.S. App. LEXIS 15470
How courts have described this case
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- concluding that the prosecutor \deprived the defendant of a fair trial by deliberately urging the jury on two occasions to use [the guilty plea] evidence for a prohibited purpose\
- \[A] codefendant's guilty plea or conviction with respect to similar or identical charges ... is extremely prejudicial.\
- “[A] defendant is entitled to have the question of his guilt determined upon the evidence against him, not on whether a codefendant or government witness has been convicted of the same charge.”
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Judges: Brown, Tuttle, Hill
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