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· 9/22/1989

United States v. Gregory A. Baskin

Citations

  • 886 F.2d 383
  • 280 U.S. App. D.C. 366
  • 1989 U.S. App. LEXIS 14239
  • 1989 WL 109781

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  • holding that a sentencing judge retains discretion to examine the underlying facts of a case in deciding whether an offense is a \crime of violence\ under section 4B1.2
  • reasonable doubt instruction not error where court refuses to include \lack of evidence\ language
  • “Whether or not one qualifies as an expert depends not on knowledge of facts of a particular case but on one's past experience with regard to the subject matter on which one will opine.”

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Judges: Mikva, Williams, Will

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