United States v. Frank Williams

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a demonstration by the defendant that he could not physically wear the fanny pack as alleged by the police is not testimonial evidence
• explaining that limiting instructions mitigate any possibility of prejudice' because we “presum[e] that the jury obeyed [them]” (internal quotation marks omitted)
• noting that this court presumes jury follows trial court’s limiting instructions
• “A courtroom demonstration that purports to recreate events at issue is relevant if performed under conditions that are substantially similar to the actual events.”
• “The fact that the jury already knew of [defendant’s] felon status when it heard the names of his prior ... convictions mitigates any damage that may have been caused by the introduction of those names.”
• electing to apply Chapman where not necessarily required

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).