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· 5/17/1978

United States v. Gerald George Weir, United States of America v. Daniel Wesley Davis

Citations

  • 575 F.2d 668
  • 1978 U.S. App. LEXIS 11147

How courts have described this case

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  • threats of three assassinations, plus account of attempted murder resulting in bullet wound should be excluded
  • verdict should stand if evidence did not influence, or had only slight effect, on the jury
  • threats of three. assassinations, plus account of attempted killing resulting in bullet wound, held to be reversible error
  • evidence of an attempt by the defendant to kill a suspected informant was considered improper
  • prejudice resulting from testimony as to death threats made by defendant substantially outweighed probative value, so conviction reversed
  • trial judge personally reviewed government file on informant and personally telephoned informant

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Judges: Lay, Heaney, Henley

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